The New Typography

ornaments [Hypnerotomachia Poliphili). The type that now came into use

was "Antiqua" (roman). (The earlier use of a gothicized roman in Rome. by

Sweynheim and Pannartz. was part of the change of style which began ear­

lier in Ita ly.) The new style originated in Italy about 1450. but did not

spread to other countries until considerably later.

A page of the
Hypnerotomachia
Poliphili.
Aldus Manutius,
Venice 1499.