{"id":"roman-capitals","no":159,"name":"Roman Square Capitals","ja":"ローマン・キャピタル","era":"1st–2nd century","family":"文字の歴史","kind":"スタイル","collection":"Dictionary expansion 08","addedAt":"2026-08-18","source":{"title":"V&A — トラヤヌス帝記念柱の石膏複製","url":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102467/"},"reference":{"status":"verified","pageUrl":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O102467/","credit":"V&A — トラヤヌス帝記念柱の石膏複製","gallery":[{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inscription%2C%20Trajan's%20Column.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inscription%2C%20Trajan's%20Column.jpg","credit":"トラヤヌス帝記念柱の碑文 113年（CC BY-SA 2.0）"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Monumentum%20Ancyranum%20Res%20Gestae%20Divi%20Augusti%20Part%201.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monumentum%20Ancyranum%20Res%20Gestae%20Divi%20Augusti%20Part%201.jpg","credit":"『神君アウグストゥス業績録』アンカラ碑文"},{"imageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arco%20di%20Tito%20plaque%20forum%20romanum%20Rome%20Italy.jpg?width=640","pageUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arco%20di%20Tito%20plaque%20forum%20romanum%20Rome%20Italy.jpg","credit":"ティトゥス凱旋門の銘文"}]},"essence":"石に刻むための幾何学的な比例とセリフを持つ大文字が、以後2000年のラテン文字の骨格と権威表現の原型になった。","cues":["幾何学的な比例","刻まれたセリフ","大文字のみの組み","記念碑的な字間"],"intents":["信頼","高級"],"works":["大文字組みの碑文的なタイトルを設計する","組織や賞に永続性の声を与える"],"recipe":{"type":"参照作品の文字・記号・スケールを観察する","layout":"視線と情報を支配する構造を一つ抽出する","material":"時代・地域・制作工程に固有の素材と挙動を確認する"},"avoid":"刻字は筆書きの下書きと鑿の工程から生まれた。幾何学だけで説明せず、道具の痕跡として観察する。","colors":["#e8e4db","#9b948a","#2b2823"],"motif":"type","pair":["old-style-serif","blackletter"],"study":["トラヤヌス帝記念柱の碑文","Edward Catich, The Origin of the Serif","capitalis monumentalis"],"en":{"essence":"Capitals cut for stone, with geometric proportions and serifs, became the skeleton of the Latin alphabet and the archetype of authority for two thousand years.","cues":["Geometric proportions","Chiseled serifs","All-capital setting","Monumental letterspacing"],"works":["Designing inscription-like titles in capitals","Giving institutions and honors a voice of permanence"],"recipe":{"type":"Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works","layout":"Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information","material":"Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process"},"avoid":"The carving came from brush layout and the chisel's work. Don't explain it by geometry alone; observe the tools' traces.","study":["The Trajan Column inscription","Edward Catich, The Origin of the Serif","capitalis monumentalis"]}}