Gaudi, FW - Gaudi

Japanese: ガウディ,F.W. - がうでぃ
Gaudi, FW - Gaudi

…Roman typefaces continued to be improved, and from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, the foundations of modern Roman typefaces were laid by the excellent techniques of the Didot family of France and the Italian Caveliere Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813). Furthermore, from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, many designers, including the American Frederic William Goudy (1865-1947) and the British Eric Gill (1882-1940), created new types of typefaces. As such, although the typefaces of Western type appear to be extremely numerous and complex, typefaces of the same design are grouped into series according to the width and thickness of the characters (called weight), and each series is collected to form a family. …

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Japanese:

…以後もローマン書体の改良が進められ,18世紀の末期から19世紀の初期には,フランスのディド一家,イタリアのボドニCaveliere Giambattista Bodoni(1740‐1813)らの優れた技術によってモダンローマン書体の基礎が作られた。さらに19世紀末から20世紀にかけてはアメリカのガウディFrederic William Goudy(1865‐1947),イギリスのギルEric Gill(1882‐1940)ら多数のデザイナーが新しい活字を作り出した。このように欧文活字の書体は,種類が非常に多く複雑のようであるが,図案的に同一系統の書体は,字幅の広狭,字面の黒さ(ウェイトという)の軽重の変化に応じて,それぞれシリーズseriesにまとめられ,その各シリーズを集めて一つのファミリーfamilyができている。…

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