Fonts – characteristics & history of popular typefaces

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• Didot strokes family typeface firmin hairline serifs bracketing
• Wider average gotham fonts lowercase downward curve bowl
• Cooper black style typeface art blunt rounded forms
• Rockwell upper case produced lower o circular block
• Typeface helvetica single uniformed line weight vertical horizontal
• Univers design diagonal strokes k meet stem baseline
• Bembo y short descender serifs t divergent e
• Perpetua part r calligraphic ear sharp small slightly
• Optima roman tapered slopes similar serifed faces subtle
• Avenir futura frutiger j y curved tails compared
• Din railway lowercase prussian master slightly squared letterform
• Bodoni serif font small upper bowl g middle
• Futura type renner modern geometric structure perfect circles
• Minion pro released lowercase version double story g
• Gill sans letter text contrast line weight primarily
• Frutiger airport j designed paris squared dots letters
• Akzidenz typeface grotesk released günter gerhard lange sought
• Avant garde bowl r doesn’t close p curve
• Typeface kabel terminus vertical strokes cut eight-degree angle
• Helvetica neue manager widened crossbars t f x-height
• I letter museo uppercase serif accents majority shortened
• Klavika strokes gap vertical diagonal k disjointed lowercase
• Interstate typeface highway large open counters aid legibility
• Gothic type franklin typeface sans serif american traditional
• Meta ff spiekermann round dots j i curved
• Display amplitude ear lowercase g cuts points strokes
• Trajan sweeping typeface inscription elongated tail q angled
• Century gothic larger x-height typeface monotype single story
• Sabon capital garamond’s vertical notches t q”s tail
• News gothic typeface designed weight distinctively shaped double
• Eurostile rounded font squared shape diagonals k touch
• Caslon adobe capital long designed letters high horizontal
• Times typeface roman morison rhythm thick thin strokes
• Courier typeface lowercase designed monospaced meaning characters width
• Baskerville transitional tail lowercase g close increased contrast
• Arial software typeface computer microsoft horizontal terminals angled
• Typewriter american itc rounded compared courier ears lowercase
• Lowercase typeface myriad descender y slanting cut e
• Palatino serifs typeface slight diagonal stress scooped cove
• Geometric schwartz neutraface dropped crossbars majority capital letters
• Clarendon typeface created double story g closed tail
• Syntax sans-serif typeface designed meier face slanted horizontal
• Garamond roman type garamond’s horizontal serifs k w
• Agenda lowercase font oblique square diamond-shaped dots i
• Typeface horizontal copperplate gothic small serif constructed capital
• Today sans lowercase angled terminals characters w formed
• Info soft rounded corners slightly condensed letterform horizontal

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