"The Roman Alphabet | 7th century BC"

What was the basis of the Roman uppercase alphabet? -Variant of the Greek alphabet

What were the purposes of the formal and informal styles of lettering?
-Informal was used for quick writing and used for letters and routine writing.
-Formal script was used for important manuscripts and official documents
Why is the Roman alphabet the most widely used and what contributions did it make?
-Serifs originated with the carving of the words into stone, institution of the baseline in typography and penmanship, Romans insured that the type was perfectly aligned into rows

From where did serifs originate?
-From when the writers didn't want the letters to slip when they were wet and drying
When and where did lowercase, or minuscule, letters develop?
-They were created by the Latin people because they found some of the letters and decided to make them all smaller like that

What is a ligature and why were they utilized?
-Something that is used to bind something tightly

Post an example of the Roman alphabet in visual form.