Figure 251
Italic tending to “Modern Face,” from Muestras, etc., Imprenta Real, Madrid
From Internet Archive
1799
A…specimen-book of the Imprenta Real of Madrid, which was at last started and which seems to have absorbed the material cut by Gil for the Biblioteca Real.
The tendency toward less “nourished,” lighter letters is clearly seen in these over-finished, monotonous characters…