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The ''フランス語:Romain du Roi'' (French for "King's roman") was a typeface developed in France beginning in 1692. The name refers to Louis XIV who commissioned the design of the new typeface for use by the Royal Print Office in 1692. The type was first used in 1702. The ''フランス語:Romain du Roi'' stands as a landmark of typography in the Age of Enlightenment. The conception of the letterforms reflects a difference in attitude from the prevailing roman typefaces before it. Whereas previous roman typefaces developed naturally over time, evolving in the hands of punch cutters from the typefaces of the fifteenth century, the ''フランス語:Romain du Roi'' was the result of rational design: the letterforms were mapped on grids before being cut into metal. The ''フランス語:Romain du Roi'' was not the first "constructed alphabet". As early as 1529, in his ''フランス語:Champfleury'', Geoffroy Tory mapped letterforms on grids and showed their construction. The ''フランス語:Romain du Roi'', however, because of its allegiance to the grid, shows a distinct shift in style, with an increased emphasis on verticality and increased contrast between thick and thin elements, a style that influenced the Transitional typefaces of Pierre Simon Fournier and John Baskerville. The design of the letterforms was the work of the Royal Academy's Bignon Commission as part of its investigation of French typography and printing for the compilation of the ''Description of the Arts and Trades'' of France. The capital letters were drawn on 8×8 grids, the lowercase letters on rectangular grids. The committee's designs were engraved by Louis Simonneau. Punches for the metal type were cut by Philippe Grandjean, who took some liberty with his type, to moderate the cold geometry of the designs. The type was first used for ''フランス語:Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand''. ==References== * Meggs, Philip B. (1998). ''A History of Graphic Design'' (Third ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 108–09. ISBN 978-0-471-29198-5. * ("Types With Plenty of Character" ), ''The New York Times'', 2011-12-23. Retrieved on 2012-01-20. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Romain du Roi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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