why the Renaissance went back to Romans for type lettering inspiration?

Question

The reason why the Renaissance went back to the Roman geometric type was because the Gothic style of Germany (Guttenburg's moveable type) conflicted with the printing methods in Italy because they believed in classical, elegant lettering. Or was it because of something else?

Answer 1

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 & thin strokes, and incised serifs became the typographic ideal for western civilization.

Answer 2

Probably respect and deference to the neat and efficient style and the fact that western scholars all spoke Latin..
We still use it now don't we??
Except for the obvious 'V' instead of 'U' etc.

Answer 3

That is what those monkeys was doing when the X-files was lost with time in planet of apes.
They were doing the translation with time in planet of apes.
The dirty old men of the past who lost the missing x-files was at loss had short-changed living human kind with ghost stories in planet of apes.
With living human kind all living in misery at loss with the missing x-files that was lost with time in planet of apes.
How the blind were leading and guiding the blind in making a monkey out of themselves in planet of apes.
Those educated idiots were at loss with simple common sense in planet of apes.