Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
letras redondas
English translation:
Roman/non-italic letter
Added to glossary by
Wendy Gosselin
Sep 2, 2021 22:32
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Spanish term
letras redondas
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THis seems to make a specific reference to a font, Roman as opposed to italics, but I can't make sense of it:
Para aproximarnos al canon que propongo a continuación, invito al lector a repasar en tres tiempos el poema y el texto bíblico: del lado izquierdo, una lectura de las letras redondas solamente ; del lado derecho, una lectura exclusiva de las itálicas (salmos bíblicos que, desde las ventanas del texto, advierten de los peligros de la soberbia) y una lectura -continuamente interferida- de ambos textos.
Para aproximarnos al canon que propongo a continuación, invito al lector a repasar en tres tiempos el poema y el texto bíblico: del lado izquierdo, una lectura de las letras redondas solamente ; del lado derecho, una lectura exclusiva de las itálicas (salmos bíblicos que, desde las ventanas del texto, advierten de los peligros de la soberbia) y una lectura -continuamente interferida- de ambos textos.
Proposed translations
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4 +1 | Roman/non-italic letter |
philgoddard
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4 | regular roman letters |
Muriel Vasconcellos
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3 | text in Roman font/non-italicized text |
Facundo Pallero
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Proposed translations
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Spanish term (edited):
letra redonda
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Roman/non-italic letter
"En la imprenta, la letra redonda, o redondilla es un estilo de letra que se caracteriza por mantener verticales las astas que van de arriba abajo y redondeadas sus letras cortas. Es el estilo de letra normal por oposición a las letras cursivas o negritas de un juego o familia tipográfica."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letra_redonda
This links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_type
which says:
"In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic."
Personally I would say "non-italic", as most people won't know what Roman means. I didn't, and had to look it up.
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-09-02 23:45:14 GMT)
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As my reference shows, it should be lower case, "roman".
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letra_redonda
This links to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_type
which says:
"In Latin script typography, roman is one of the three main kinds of historical type, alongside blackletter and italic."
Personally I would say "non-italic", as most people won't know what Roman means. I didn't, and had to look it up.
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-09-02 23:45:14 GMT)
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As my reference shows, it should be lower case, "roman".
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Comment: "thanks"
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text in Roman font/non-italicized text
It seems to be referring to non-italicized lines of text in the left column of the document and italicized lines of text in the right one.
Reference:
2 hrs
regular roman letters
I would add "regular," which is what MS Word calls it, and add "roman" for further clarification.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-09-03 01:01:13 GMT)
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Examples:
Building Business: An Illustrated Manual for Aggressive ...https://books.google.com › books
The following specimens of type represent **the several common sizes of regular Roman letters **, used in newspapers and books . There are many styles of the ...
Archive for July 26th, 2005 - BunkBloghttps://andysocial.com › archives › 2005/07/26
Jul 26, 2005 — **Regular roman letters means I didn't see it/never saw it**. Underline means I have seen it but dislike(d) it. Absolutely Fabulous Alien Nation
Mithridates Minor: Or, An Essay on Language - Henry Welsford ...http://www.google.cat › books
No merely Latin inscription will throw any light on this subject, as I do not believe there is one in existence **in regular Roman letters** that has the ...
Puzzle Embedded in 'Da Vinci Code' Ruling - The New York ...https://www.nytimes.com › 2006/04/27 › books › puzzle-...
Apr 27, 2006 — **Most of the document is printed in regular roman letters**, the way one would expect. But some letters in the first 13 1/2 pages appear in ...
Note that "roman" is lowercased, same as "arabic numerals"
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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-09-03 01:01:13 GMT)
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Examples:
Building Business: An Illustrated Manual for Aggressive ...https://books.google.com › books
The following specimens of type represent **the several common sizes of regular Roman letters **, used in newspapers and books . There are many styles of the ...
Archive for July 26th, 2005 - BunkBloghttps://andysocial.com › archives › 2005/07/26
Jul 26, 2005 — **Regular roman letters means I didn't see it/never saw it**. Underline means I have seen it but dislike(d) it. Absolutely Fabulous Alien Nation
Mithridates Minor: Or, An Essay on Language - Henry Welsford ...http://www.google.cat › books
No merely Latin inscription will throw any light on this subject, as I do not believe there is one in existence **in regular Roman letters** that has the ...
Puzzle Embedded in 'Da Vinci Code' Ruling - The New York ...https://www.nytimes.com › 2006/04/27 › books › puzzle-...
Apr 27, 2006 — **Most of the document is printed in regular roman letters**, the way one would expect. But some letters in the first 13 1/2 pages appear in ...
Note that "roman" is lowercased, same as "arabic numerals"
Peer comment(s):
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philgoddard
: You haven't explained what you mean by 'regular' or why it's important, and MS Word calls it 'Not Italics'.
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In the font menu on MS word it's called "Regular." "Not italics" is a searching function, not the name of a font.
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