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Who printed an early roman typeface in Subiaco, Italy, in 1465?
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Stanley Morison designed the typeface called Times New Roman.
The German printers Konrad Sweynheim and Arnold Pannartz are credited with printing an early roman typeface in Subiaco, Italy, in 1465.123
Operating out of a Benedictine monastery, the pair produced a version of Cicero’s De oratore using an Antiqua type that is considered by many to be an early precursor to the modern roman face. While some historians debate whether this specific type was "recognizably roman" enough to hold the title, it is widely cited alongside the work of Adolf Rusch as one of the earliest attempts to move away from black letter styles toward the simpler, humanist-inspired letterforms that eventually became the standard in typography.23