Typography - typeface

Serif v.s Sans-serif

Serif

Category

  • Old Style
  • Transitional
  • Modern
  • Slab Serif (not important)

Serifs

Old Style

Calligraphic,

Low Line Contrast,

Small X-height,

Angled axis

Old Style - subcategories

  • Humanist
  • Garalde

Humanist

Humanist

Humanist

Centaur

Jenson

Apple

Wikipedia

Garamond

Garalde

  • Garamond

  • Sabon

  • Caslon

  • Palatino

Transitional

Vertical Axis,

Flatter Serif on Ascenders,

High Stroke Contrast

Wordpress

Times newspaper

Baskerville

Times New Roman

Modern

Abrupt Serif,

Extreme Stroke Contrast

Armani

Vogue

Bodoni

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