Most typefaces can be classified into one of four basic groups: those with serifs, those without serifs, scripts and decorative styles. Over the years, typographers and scholars of typography have devised various systems to more definitively categorize typefaces – some of these systems have scores of sub-categories.
SERIF TYPE STYLES
- Old Style
- Transitional
- Neoclassical & Didone
- Slab
- Clarendon
- Glyphic
SANS SERIF TYPE STYLES
- Grotesque
- Square
- Humanistic
- Geometric
SCRIPT TYPE STYLES
- Formal
- Casual
- Calligraphic
- Blackletter & Lombardic
DECORATIVE
- Grunge
- Psychedelic
- Graffiti
Type Classifications
Most typefaces can be classified into one of four basic groups: those with serifs, those without serifs, scripts and decorative styles… READ MORE