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Typeface Class.
Typeface Classifications
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blackletter | Ornate capitals, diamond-shaped serifs, thick lines, hard to read. Should never appear in all caps. |
| Oldstyle | Small x-height, moderate diff. btwn thin/thick strokes. Ends of bracketed serifs are rounded. Noted for high readability and comfortable feel. |
| Venetian Oldstyle also called Humanist (but Venetian is better) | Far left-angled axis & crossbars, angled small e is a cincher for classifying though it's not found in all. Rounded or cupped serifs, moderate contrast btwn thick/thin strokes, wider capitals. |
| Garalde Oldstyle | Horizontal crossbar on sm. e, slightly greater contrast btwn thin/thick strokes, axis very slightly left angled, bracketed serifs (curved up into the letter on top), flatter on bottom. |
| Transitional | Well suited to longer text (books) due to regularity & precision, vertical axis or barely angled, more diff. in stroke widths, thin, flat-bottomed, bracketed & sharp ended serifs. One of the most readable typefaces. |
| Modern (or Didone) | Extreme diff. btwn thick/thin strokes, serifs tend to be thin and flat (unbracketed), vertical axis. |
| Slab Serif | Heavy serifs. Two subcategories are: Egyptian (or Block Serif) and Clarendon. |
| Egyptian Slab Serif (or Block Serif) | Bold, evenly weighted strokes, square, heavy, unbracketed serifs. Popular for ad posters &billboards in the early 1800's. |
| Clarendon Slab Serif | Some stroke weight difference, heavy, bracketed, squared serifs. |
| Sans Serif (Sometimes called Lineale) | Without serifs, strokes fairly equal in weight. Sub-categories incl. SS Grotesque, SS Neo-Grotesque, SS Humanist, SS Geometric, SS Square, |
| Sans Serif Grotesque | Minimal stroke contrast, no serifs, double story a/g, spur on capital G. |
| Sans Serif Neo-Grotesque | Minimal Stroke contrast, no serifs, single story a/g, no spur on captal G. |
| Sans Serif Humanist | Large aperture, lower x-height. Highly readable: proportions based on Oldstyle. Anti-geometric features: slight stroke width contrast. Lower case a/g typically double story. Cursive appearing italics. |
| Sans Serif Geometric | Bowls are perfect circles, appear to have single weight line, characters made up of geometric forms, any x-height. |
| Sans Serif Square | Based on Grotesque & Neo-Grotesque, but noticeable squareness. |
| Typewriter/Monospaced | Monospaced, look like they're made on a typewriter, longer serifs to compensate, narrow M's & W's. Not all typewriter looking faces are Typewriter! Check your I's and M's! |
| Handwriting | Emulates handwriting, evenly strokes as if printed with felt-tip pen. |
| Script | Imitates cursive writing, more difficult to read, used only for short amounts of text, never use all caps. |
| Decorative | Ornate or oddly shaped, often difficult to read, use only for headlines (Or t-shirts! ;P). As a general rule, don't use more than one of these in composition. Combine with a plain, highly readable typeface. |
| Blackletter Bastarda | Blackletter typeface based on cursive writing. It is typified by an 'o' which is pointed at the top and bottom. |
| Blackletter Fraktur | The most common type of blackletter type still used in Germany, characterised by a D-shaped 'o'. |
| Blackletter Rotunda | The Italian version of blackletter type, typified by a smooth circular 'o'. |
| Blackletter Textura or Old English | An angular family of blackletter type, characterised by a hexagonal 'o'. |
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