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Garamond is a Humanist / Old Style typeface. The roman typefaces of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries emulated classical calligraphy. Some Humanist or Old Style typefaces are: Garamond, Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. Jenson, Minion, Sabon, Caslon and Centaur. Aminion a a
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Minion is a Humanist / Old Style typeface. The roman typefaces of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries emulated classical calligraphy. Some Humanist or Old Style typefaces are: Garamond, Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. Jenson, Minion, Sabon, Caslon and Centaur. Acaslon (adobe caslon pro) a a cap height
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Caslon is a Humanist / Old Style typeface. The roman typefaces of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries emulated classical calligraphy. Some Humanist or Old Style typefaces are: Garamond, Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. Jenson, Minion, Sabon, Caslon and Centaur. Abauer bodoni a a
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Bodoni is a Modern typeface. The typefaces designed by Giambattista Bodoni in Italy in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries are typical Modern faces. They depart from the calligraphic tradition with thin, straight serifs; a vertical axis; and sharp contrast from Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. thick to thin strokes. Aadidot a
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Didot is a Modern typeface. Didot was designed in France from 1784 to 1811, around the same time as Bodoni. Didot features the same Modern characteristics of thin, straight serifs; a vertical axis; and sharp contrast from Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. thick to thin strokes. Aclarendon a a
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Clarendon is an Egyptian / Slab Serif. Egyptian fonts have heavy, slab-like serifs with square corners. They are typical of the many bold and decorative typefaces introduced in the Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. nineteenth century for use in advertising. joannaA a a
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Joanna is an Egyptian / Slab Serif. Egyptian fonts have heavy, slab-like serifs with square corners. They are typical of the many bold and decorative typefaces introduced in the Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. nineteenth century for use in advertising. Agill sans a a
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Gill Sans is a Humanist Sans Serif typeface. Sans-serif typefaces became common in the twentieth century. Gill Sans, designed by Eric Gill in 1928, has humanist characteristics. Note the small, lilting counter in the letter a, and Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. the calligraphic contrast in line weight. Afrutiger a a
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Frutiger is a Humanist Sans Serif typeface. Designed in 1975 by Adrian Frutiger for Charles De Gaulle Airport in Paris, Frutiger has subtle thicks and thins that make it distinctive. The typeface was revised and updated in 1999 by Adrian Frutiger himself (together with Linotype) to include true italics among other features; this Sheet . Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. typeface is called Frutiger Next. Ahelvetica a a
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Helvetica is a Transitional /Anonymous Sans Serif typeface. Helvetica, designed by Max Miedinger in 1957, is one of the world’s most widely used typefaces. Its uniform, upright character makes it similar to transitional serif letters. These fonts are also Sheet 10. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. referred to as “anonymous sans serif.” Aunivers a a
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Univers is a Transitional /Anonymous Sans Serif typeface. Designed by Adrian Frutiger in 1956, Univers features optically even stroke weights and a large x-height to improve legibility. It’s known for the variety of weights and set-widths; the original included 21 variations. It was the first type family Sheet 11. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. to use a numbering system instead of names. Afutura a a
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Futura is a Geometric Sans Serif typeface. Some sans-serif types are built around geometric forms. In Futura, designed by Paul Renner in 1927, the Os are perfect circles, and the peaks of Sheet 12. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. the A and M are sharp triangles. arbitraryA a a
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Arbitrary is a Specialty typeface. Barry Deck designed Arbitrary in 1990, in reaction to the limits of classical type design and empowered by new digital capabilities. Deck created several mutilated, distorted and hybridized Sheet 13. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. digital typefaces that defined a style of the 1990s. mrsA eaves a a
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Mrs Eaves is a Specialty typeface. Mrs Eaves is Zuzana Licko’s distinctive contemporary revival of the typeface Baskerville. Selection of the name Mrs Eaves honors one of the forgotten women in the history of typography. Sarah Eaves was the woman who became John Baskerville’s wife and completed the printing of the Sheet 14. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. unfinished volumes that he left upon his death. alithos a a
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Lithos is a Specialty typeface. The Lithos family was designed by Carol Twombly in 1989. She based her designs on 4th century B.C. letterforms found on the temples of ancient Greece. Lithos is a display typeface meant for use in titles. It has a playful asymmetric quality and Sheet 15. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. conveys an informal, chiseled look. Akuenstler a a
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Kuenstler is a Script typeface. Kuenstler Script is a formal script. The primary weight was designed in 1902. The face is based on late nineteenth-century English copperplate scripts. Those face in turn took inspiration from earlier eighteenth century writing masters George Bickham and George Shelley who worked in a Sheet 16. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. style of writing called round hand. Aletter gothic a a
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Letter Gothic is a Monospaced Sans Serif typeface. Letter Gothic was created between 1956 and 1962 by Roger Roberson for IBM, for use in Selectric electric typewriters. It Sheet 17. Draw letterforms using the guidelines above. all type specimens 200 points size. is based on the typeface Optima.