ローマン体

Japanese
ローマン体 (rōman tai): An example of roman type as the Times New Roman font.
Kanji in this term
体
たい
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of ローマン (rōman, “Roman”) +‎ 体 (tai, “shape, type”), as used in the term 書体 (shotai, “script, font, style of type”, literally “writing + shape, type”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

ローマン体 (hiragana and katakana ローマンたい, rōmaji rōman tai)

  1. roman type, a roman typeface, as contrasted with italics or bold

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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