English · Idiom Historical

Roman type

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Ordinary type, as distinguished from italic, clarendon, gothic or "black letter," etc. ; so called because founded on that used in ancient Roman inscriptions and manuscripts.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

loại chữ thông thường

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Roman type” mean?

Ordinary type, as distinguished from italic, clarendon, gothic or "black letter," etc. ; so called because founded on that used in ancient Roman inscriptions and manuscripts.

Is “Roman type” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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