Chapter 9: Categories of Type

There are mainly six groups to divide the font and they are:

•        Old style
  
•        Modern
  
•        Slab serif
  
•        Sans serif
  
•        Script
  
•        Decorative
  

Old style: old styles always have serifs. Also the old styles have something called stress. This is when the thickness of the line goes from thin to thick and you can see it in curved strokes. Some examples can be Goudy, Palatino, Times, Baskerville, and Garamond.

Modern: modern typefaces have serifs, but the serifs are now horizontal instead of slanted, and the serifs are very thin. Moderns tend to have a cold look and the stress is vertical. Some examples of modern fonts can be Bodoni, Times Bold, Onyx, Fenice, Ultra, and Walbaum.

Slab serif: many slab serifs have a thin/thick contrast and are readable easily. These fonts are used in children’s books because they look clean. Some examples are Clarendon, Memphis, Memphis Extra Bold, and New Century Schoolbook.

Sans serif: this font is fro creating eye-catching pages and there are no visible thin/thick transitions in the strokes. Some examples of sans serif are Antique Olive, Helvetica, Avant Garde, Formata, Folio, Franklin Gothic, Futura, Condensed, and Syntax.

Script: scripts can be good when they are large and some examples of script is Arid, Shelly Volante, Legacy, Cascade, Linescript, and Zapf Chancery

Decorative: these fonts are easy to indentify but their powerful use is limited. Some examples can be Party, Potrzebie, Improv, Pious Henry, Juniper, Juice, Fajita and Scarlett.