Publisher: ShinntypeThe initially genuinely roman type (by Sweynheym and Pannartz, 1468) had big serifs on the upper case letters, however practically none on the lower case. The treatment of the cases was soon later on incorporated, with serifs prevailing for the next 350 years. Here Shinn beats the course untrod, picturing a Venetian old style face of low contrast and vestigial serifs, confronting our awareness of what was with what may have been, sowing confusion in between the 2-- a subversive construct indicating the unpredictability in all representations of cultural authenticity.
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