Meaning of Grecs du roi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative letter-case form of Grecs du roi.
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2. An influential Greek typeface created by Claude Garamond.

Examples

“Garamond's caractères de l'Université, in four sizes of roman and italic, and the grecs du roi in three sizes, became the nucleus of the magnificent collection of types now belonging to the Imprimerie Nationale de France.”

“In Paris, the Grecs du Roi had been celebrated ever since they had been cut by Claude Garamond in the mid-sixteenth century; but they remained privileged types, restricted for the use of the Imprimerie Royale.”

“Vergecio's hand became in turn the model for the grecs du roi, themselves the model by which Greek type was measured for almost three hundred years.”

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