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Typefaces

I use this space to gather notes and samples of typefaces. My purpose here is not to be exhaustive, but to learn and be useful in the process.


Serif   Sans-serif   Italic   Script
Akzidenz Grotesk Akzidenz Grotesk
Arial Arial
Baskerville Baskerville
Bembo Bembo
Gutenberg Bible Blackletter
Caslon Caslon
Centaur Centaur
Courier Courier
Didot Didot
Apologia Bibliorum, Kis, 1697 Ehrhardt
Franklin Gothic Franklin Gothic
Futura
Garamond Garamond
Gill Sans Gill Sans
Goudy Old Style Goudy Old Style
Helvetica Helvetica
Italic Italic, General
Minion Minion
Optima Optima
Palatino Palatino
Perpetua Perpetua
Sans-serif Sans-serif, General
Times Times
Times New Roman Times New Roman
Verdana Verdana

Notes and sources:

Alexander Lawson, Anatomy of a Typeface
Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
Ellen Lupton, Thinking With Type
Phillip B. Meggs, A History of Graphic Design
Alan Bartram, Five Hundred Years of Book Design
Wikipedia, among others. Some images from Wikipedia are used under the Creative Commons license, and have been resized.