 The names of the letters were largely unchanged, with the exception of H. As the sound disappeared from the Romance languages, the original Latin name "hā" became difficult to distinguish from A. Emphatic forms such as and were used, developing eventually into "acca", the direct ancestor of English "aitch".With the spread of printing, several styles of Latin typography emerged with typefacess based on various minuscules of the Middle Ages depending on the region.In Germany, starting with Johannes Gutenberg the commonly used typefaces were based on blackletter scripts, a tradition that lasted until the 20th century, an example of the later typefaces used is fraktur.