Main category Sub category alpha Sub category beta Sub category gamma Description Tapefaces/Fonts Venetian/Humanist Old calligraphic style like Jenson and Centaur. Garalde More modeled like Garamond and Caslon Transitional More mechanical like Baskerville and Times Glyphic Incized Roman types. See Trajan, Goudy Trajan High contrast like Didot and Bodoni Contemporary Serif typefaces with a modern appearance which doesn't fit Transitional Slab serif Egyptienne Square/unbracketed serifs. More sans-like. Clarendon/Ionic Robust yet antique. Bracketed serifs. Tuscan Western fonts and slab serifs with decorative serifs. Contemporary Modern slab serif like Prensa Slab or Museo Slab Sans Grotesque Robust and linear. See Helvetica, Univers, DIN. Geometric Based on geometric elements. See Futura, Eurostile, Nobel. Humanist Calligraphic influences. See Gill Sans, Frutiger, Ideal Sans. Chirographic Script Elegant writing fonts with swashes and ligatures etc. Hand writing Typical hand writing font. No scripts. Comic Hand-lettered sans fonts for comic books. See Comic Sans. Calligraphy Any font done in calligraphy (excluding ) Textura Blackletter with detail and texture. Old English, Diploma Schwabacher Typical German type. Rounded forms. See Schwabacher, Fette Deutsch Most robust and mechanical blackletter. Fraktur, Fette Fraktur, Fakir Rotunda Most rounded blackletter. See Clemente Rotunda, San Marco. Hybrida/Bastarda Hybrid of Textura and Rotunda. Bastarda is typically French. See Burgundica, Givry Non-Latin Greek Cyrillic Armenian Any of these languages could be collapsed into the Miscellaneous category if it's not Georgian popular enough for its own category, though having these categories might stimulate Arabic people to add designs as well. Hebrew Devanagari Japanese Kanji, Hiragana (Kana), Katakana (Kana). Chinese Jia-gu wen (Oracle Bone), Da zhuan (Greater Seal), Xiao zhuan (Lesser Seal), Lis shu (Cerkly Script) Miscellaneous Pixel/bitmap Pixel Miscellaneous Display Typefaces only suitable for display use (excludes scripts and blackletters) Grunge Any with a damaged effect, or an effect at all Dingbats Icons and symbols Type design Serif Venetian/Humanist Old calligraphic style like Jenson and Centaur. Garalde More modeled like Garamond and Caslon Transitional More mechanical like Baskerville and Times Glyphic Incized Roman types. See Trajan, Goudy Trajan Didone High contrast like Didot and Bodoni Contemporary Serif typefaces with a modern appearance which doesn't fit Transitional Slab serif Egyptienne Square/unbracketed serifs. More sans-like. Clarendon/Ionic Robust yet antique. Bracketed serifs. Tuscan Western fonts and slab serifs with decorative serifs. Contemporary Modern slab serif like Prensa Slab or Museo Slab Sans Grotesque Robust and linear. See Helvetica, Univers, DIN. Geometric Based on geometric elements. See Futura, Eurostile, Nobel. Humanist Calligraphic influences. See Gill Sans, Frutiger, Ideal Sans. Chirographic Script Elegant writing fonts with swashes and ligatures etc. Hand writing Typical hand writing font. No scripts. Comic Hand-lettered sans fonts for comic books. See Comic Sans. Calligraphy Any font done in calligraphy (excluding blackletters) Blackletter Textura Blackletter with detail and texture. Old English, Diploma Schwabacher Typical German type. Rounded forms. See Schwabacher, Fette Deutsch Fraktur Most robust and mechanical blackletter. Fraktur, Fette Fraktur, Fakir Rotunda Most rounded blackletter. See Clemente Rotunda, San Marco. Hybrida/Bastarda Hybrid of Textura and Rotunda. Bastarda is typically French. See Burgundica, Givry Non-Latin Greek Cyrillic Armenian Any of these languages could be collapsed into the Miscellaneous category if it's not Georgian popular enough for its own category, though having these categories might stimulate Arabic people to add designs as well. Hebrew Devanagari Japanese Kanji, Hiragana (Kana), Katakana (Kana). Chinese Jia-gu wen (Oracle Bone), Da zhuan (Greater Seal), Xiao zhuan (Lesser Seal), Lis shu (Cerkly Script) Miscellaneous