Antiqua

style of typeface that mimics handwritten scripts of the15th and 16th centuries
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Antiqua

Summary

Antiqua is a typeface family[1]. Antiqua draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (typeface_family category, ranking #52 of 190).[2]

Key Facts

  • Antiqua's image is recorded as Schriftzug Antiqua.svg[3].
  • Antiqua's instance of is recorded as typeface family[4].
  • Antiqua's based on is recorded as humanist minuscule[5].
  • Antiqua's GND ID is recorded as 4199449-8[6].
  • Antiqua's subclass of is recorded as typeface[7].
  • Antiqua's subclass of is recorded as serif typeface[8].
  • Antiqua's Commons category is recorded as Roman type[9].
  • +1600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Antiqua[10].
  • Antiqua's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/038xb2[11].
  • Antiqua's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph323746[12].
  • Antiqua's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • Antiqua's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • Antiqua's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Antiqua's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
  • Antiqua's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc5sj1v7[17].
  • Antiqua's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as antikva[18].
  • Antiqua's derivative work is recorded as sans-serif typeface[19].
  • Antiqua's TDKIV term ID is recorded as 000002278[20].
  • Antiqua's New Encyclopedic Dictionary of Czech ID is recorded as ANTIKVA[21].
  • Antiqua's Lex ID is recorded as antikva[22].
  • Antiqua's Concise Literary Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 1-2404[23].
  • Antiqua's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 75330[24].
  • Antiqua's TDKIV Wikibase ID is recorded as Chet Baker[25].
  • Antiqua's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/c88d0a3d-87e5-4588-9ebb-32669d41d67d[26].

Body

Designation and Status

Antiqua's instance of is recorded as typeface family[4].

History and Context

+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Antiqua[10].

Why It Matters

Antiqua draws 120 Wikipedia views per month (typeface_family category, ranking #52 of 190).[2] Antiqua has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Antiqua is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Wikibase TDKIV. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Antiqua. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/antiqua
MLA “Antiqua.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/antiqua.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_antiqua_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Antiqua}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/antiqua}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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