CLASSIFICATION OF TYPEFACES

Classic (old) style:

1. The thin parts are on the diagonal axis.
2. In the stem and head curve, they have bracketed serifs.
3. Wedge-shaped serifs.
4. The contrast is minimal.
5. Angled head serifs.

Examples: Garamond, Adobe Jensen.

Transitional serifs:

1. Vertical strokes.
2. Pronounced contrast.
3. Vertical stress.
4. Oblique and bracketed serifs.

Examples: Perpetua, Baskervile, Cambria.

Didone (Modern) style:

1. Narrow and unbracketed (hairline) serifs.
2. Dramatic contrast between strokes.
3. Vertical orientation of weight axes. Vertical strokes are thick.

Examples: Didot, Bodoni.

Slab Serif (mechanistic, square, antique, Egyptian):

1. Little or no bracketing. Heavy serifs.
2. No contrast in stroke weights.

Examples: Rockwell, American Typewriter, Memphis, Museo Slab.

Glyphic Style:

1. Emulation of lapidary inscriptions.
2. Triangular serif shapes.

Examples: Albertus, Cartier Book, Newtext.

Sans-serif.

Sans-serif typefaces do not include any projections at the end of the strokes of its letter-forms.

Grotesque sans-serif:

1. A spurred uppercase “G”.
2. Minimal contrast on the strokes.
3. A double-story lowercase “g”.

Examples: Franklin Gothic, News Gothic.

Neo-Grotesque sans-serif:

1. Enhanced Legibility.
2. Plain.
3. Similar to other Grotesque sans-serifs.

Examples: Helvetica, Arial, Univers.

Geometric sans-serif:

1. Based on simple geometric shapes.
2. Have round "O".
3. No contrast between strokes.

Examples: Futura, Avenir.

Humanistic sans-serif:

1. Created to be more legible.
2. More weight contrast than other sans-serifs.
3. Calligraphic influence.

Examples: Verdana, Lucida Grande, Gill Sans.

Script typefaces.

Script typefaces are based on the fluid strokes of handwriting and range from formal to casual.

Formal script:

1. Have flourishes and loops.
2. Connected letterforms.

Examples: Bickam Script, Snell Roundhand, Kuenstler Script.

Casual script:

1. Brush like appearance.
2. Letterforms are connected, but not always.
3. Powerful strokes.

Examples: Brush Script, Mahogany Script.

Calligraphic script:

1. Hand-lettered calligraphy emulation.
2. High contrast.

Examples: Vivaldi, Ballerino, Mistral.

Blackletter script:

1. Formal appearance.
2. Handwritten calligraphy foundation.
3. Strong contrast.

Examples: Monmouth, Engravers Old English, Goudy Text.

Handwriting script:

1. Mimic modern handwriting.
2. Casual appearance.

Examples:Pacifico, Cedarville Cursive, Blog Script.

Monospaced typefaces.

Non-proportional typefaces. Every letter is using the same amount of horizontal space. There are serif and sans-serif typefaces.

Examples: Consolas, iA Writer Mono, Courier New, Victor Mono.

Display typefaces.

Big variety in appearance. Mainly suitable for titles and headlines.

Examples: Monoton, Broadway, Cooper Black, Curlz.