sentences:  In Italy, the heavy gothic styles were soon displaced by "Venetian" or "old style" Latin types, also called antiqua.The inscriptional capitals on Roman buildings and monuments were structured on a euclidean geometric scheme and the discrete component-based model of classical architecture.Their structurally perfect design, near-perfect execution in stone, balanced angled stressing, contrasting thick and thin strokes, and incised serifs became the typographic ideal for western civilization.