(Italic type, a slanted version of roman type,
was created by Italian Francesco Griffo in the early 1500s.).
Interestingly, Griffo seems to have met an untimely end after he beat his son-in-law
to death with an iron bar and is presumed to have been executed for this crime- after being charged with this murder, there is no further record of him.
Contemporary books are more likely to be set with state-of-the-art"text romans" or"book romans" typefaces with serifs and design values echoing present-day design arts, which are closely based on traditional models such as those of Nicolas Jenson,
Francesco Griffo(a punchcutter who created the model for Aldine typefaces), and Claude Garamond.