Meaning & use
Roman
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In typography, describing upright type with vertical strokes, as opposed to italic or oblique type.
See it in a sentence
The style guide requires book titles to appear in italics, while author names stay in roman type.
Most body text in printed books is set in roman rather than italic.
A note on using this word
In this typographic sense the word is often lowercased to distinguish it from 'Roman' referring to ancient Rome, though usage varies by style guide.
Words with a similar meaning
upright
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Words with an opposite meaning
italic
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