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Fonts
Typefaces
One
of the most understated and least recognized areas of design pertains
to fonts. Using a certain font can make or break your project. This section
will help you understand them. Want
the whole story? Try
reading our fonts overview!
Decorative
Typefaces
 Decorative
typefaces are one of the most popular categories because there's just
so darned many. One can achieve just about any look with one of the thousands
of different styles of decorative fonts Anything imaginable has...read
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Oldstyle
Typefaces
Oldstyle fonts are the oldest kind of typestyles and their shapes
actually date back to the way that letters were drawn centuries ago. For
the longest time, books were reproduced by hand. Handwritten books were
what people were used to reading so that, when the printing process came
along (thankfully), the letters that were created out of wood and metal
were made to resemble letters that were ...read
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Modern
Typefaces
Modern typefaces are characterized by
the thick and thin strokes that form the letters. The handwritten charm
of the oldstyle typeface was replaced by the harsh, and sometimes severe,
appearence of the Modern typefaces. Serifs, in particular, are very...read
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San
Serif Typefaces
 Sans
serif typefaces have been around for a long time and actually started
in the early 1800s when William Caslon created a typeface by stripping
off the slab serifs (which he deplored). He was apparently alone because
sans serif fonts didn't catch on for over 100 years. This style of typeface
confuses people because...read
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Script
Typefaces
A script typeface are pretty self-explanatory
and have been around for as long as there has been handwritten text. They
are basically used to reproduce the style and elegance of well-formed
written letters. They come in a wide variety of...read
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Slab
Serif Typefaces
Slab
serif typefaces, also known as "square serif" fonts, are characterized
by thick parts of the letter forms. This came about because people liked
the Modern fonts but
realized that they couldn't be printed in small sizes. To get around this,
fontographers created a whole new style of typeface that was uniformly
thick all around. These typefaces have...read
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