alf ▁of ▁King ▁Francis ▁I ▁of ▁France . ▁ ▁The ▁design ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁hand writing ▁of ▁the ▁C ret an ▁copy ist ▁Ang elo ▁Ver ge cio , ▁and ▁include ▁a ▁vast ▁variety ▁of ▁alternate ▁letters ▁and ▁lig atures ▁to ▁achieve ▁this . ▁Arthur ▁T ille y ▁calls ▁the ▁resulting ▁books ▁" am ong ▁the ▁most ▁finished ▁spec im ens ▁of ▁typ ography ▁that ▁exist ". ▁ ▁The ▁gre cs ▁du ▁roi ▁design ▁placed ▁significant ▁dem ands ▁on ▁printer s , ▁since ▁it ▁requires ▁a ▁choice ▁among ▁the ▁many ▁possible ▁types ▁for ▁every ▁word , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁Latin - al phabet ▁general - pur pose ▁type faces ▁which ▁do ▁not ▁attempt ▁to ▁simulate ▁hand writing ▁as ▁closely . ▁Most ▁following ▁type faces ▁for ▁Greek ▁have ▁been ▁much ▁simpler . ▁Ger ry ▁Leon idas , ▁a ▁leading ▁expert ▁on ▁Greek ▁types et ting , ▁has ▁commented ▁that ▁Ver ge cio ' s ▁hand writing ▁" has ▁all ▁the ▁marks ▁of ▁a ▁script ▁that ▁is ▁un su itable ▁for ▁conversion ▁to ▁[ print ing ]. ▁That ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁model ▁for ▁the ▁widely - cop ied ▁gre cs - du - ro i ▁was , ▁with ▁h inds ight , ▁un fortun ate ." ▁ ▁Dig it ization ▁Digital ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁Gre cs ▁du ▁roi ▁are ▁available . ▁ ▁A ▁commercial ▁Open Type ▁font ▁from ▁An ag raf i ▁Font s , ▁K S ▁Gre que X , ▁includes ▁over ▁ 1 1 0 0 ▁g lyph s ▁and ▁lig atures