antiqua

Noun capitalized: Antiqua

Antiqua (countable and uncountable, plural Antiquas)

1. A style of typeface used to mimic styles of handwriting or calligraphy common during the 15th and 16th centuries.
   • The Tiemann antiqua of 1909 was a real success, however, and has found favour in England. The companion italic, the Tiemann kursiv is an even more handsome letter. Klingspor’s recent antiquas also include a highly successful character designed by Peter Behrens in 1914. The latest creation is an...1923, Stanley Morison, Holbrook Jackson, A Brief Survey of Printing: History and Practice, page 36
   • The early letters of this kind have been classified as Transitional, implying that in their development they lay between the Antiquas and the Moderns; but when one looks at the free individualism of the street names of Bath, 25 and 26, it is obviously inappropriate nomenclature and only English...1980, Jock Kinneir, Words and Buildings: The Art and Practice of Public Lettering, →ISBN, page 36
2. Any typeface with serifs and modulation (often as opposed to Gothic).