The greek alphabet.
What were the purposes of the formal and informal styles of lettering?
There were different writing styles for different occasions.
Why is the Roman alphabet the most widely used and what contributions did it make?
This writing style is used by many cultures and contributed the serifs type and baseline.
From where did serifs originate?
The roman alphabet from the carving of stones in Italy.
When and where did lowercase, or minuscule, letters develop?
The two types of letters were kept in different drawers (the lowercase being on the bottom) so the uppercase ended being up on the top and the lowercase on the lower drawer.
What is a ligature and why were they utilized?
When two or more graphemes are joined as a single glyph.
Post an example of the Roman alphabet in visual form.
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