Font Styles

Old Style- old style typefaces are characterized by their refined upright position and greater contrast in thick and thin strokes
Examples: Berling, Plantin, and Sabon
Transitional- the transitional style was created not so long after the old style, in the late 1600’s. It differs mainly in the characters curves and roundness, and continues to heighten the contrast between thick and thin strokes.
Examples: Utopia, Mrs Eaves, and Didoni
Modern- modern type carries on the tradition of heightening contrast in stroke and the use of vertical letters. However, modern serifs tend to be longer and thinner with minimal brackets.
Examples: Bodoni, Didot, and Computer Modern
Slab Serif- unlike the previous type styles, Slab Serif fonts usually have little contrast in stroke, their serifs thick and without brackets.
Examples: Clarendon, Rockwell, Courier
Sans Serif- sans serif fonts simply have no serifs.
Examples: Helvetica, Frutiger, and Futura
Script- script fonts are based on handwriting and try to capture the continuous flow of certain techniques of handwriting.
Examples: Kuensteler Script, Caflisch Script, and Dakota Handwriting
Blackletter- also commonly referred to as Gothic, blackletter fonts capture the calligraphic writing widely used in western europe in the 12th to 15th centuries.
Examples: Schwabacher, Fraktur, and Cursiva
Grunge- grunge type got its name after the musical movement and is directed towards capturing a new way or a rebellion of sorts. Often blurred and hard to read.
Examples: Dirty Ames, Sidewalk, and Trashed
Mono Spaced- in mono spaced fonts, all the letters occupy the same amount of space.
Examples: courier, Prestige Elite, and Fixedsys
Undeclared- undeclared typefaces have their name because of their presence and absence of serifs.
Examples: optima and copperplate gothic