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Serif Sans-serif Italic Script
Serif Sans-serif Italic Script
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Serif Sans-serif Italic Script
Helvetica
Akzidenz Grotesk is said to be “the immediate ancestor” of both Franklin Gothic and Helvetica.
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.
