English Dictionary

straight r

名詞

複数形なし

(typography) The usual form of the letter r (which is r), as contrasted with r rotunda (ꝛ).

日本語の意味

タイポグラフィーにおいて、通常使用される'r'の形状を指し、r rotunda（丸みを帯びた代替形）と区別される。

In this medieval manuscript, the typesetter replaced the straight r with an ornate r rotunda to save space.

この中世の写本では、組版工がスペースを節約するために、通常の小文字のrを装飾的なrロトゥンダに置き換えました。

意味（1）

(typography) The usual form of the letter r (which is r), as contrasted with r rotunda (ꝛ).

[…] completely informed about the decisions made and the reasons to make them, e.g. r rotunda does not figure in the transcription as the use of straight r and r rotunda is governed by the preceding character and thus completely predictable.