Many early typefaces were modelled on local forms of writing or derived from the various European forms of Gothic script, but there were also some derived from documentary scripts ( such as most of Caxton's types ), and, particularly in Italy, types modelled on handwritten scripts and calligraphy employed by humanists.

The British Rail typefaces of choice from 1965 were Helvetica and Univers, with others ( particularly Frutiger ) coming into use during the sectorisation period after 1983.

Many of these, especially the Greek editions ( which were printed with typefaces made by Claude Garamond ), were famous for their typographical elegance.

Both Aldus and Palatino were Zapf ’ s new form of old style typefaces inspired by the Renaissance.

His two most famous typefaces, Palatino and Optima, were designed in 1948 and 1952, respectively.

Unlike the first typefaces used to print books in the thirteenth century, coin types were neither combined nor printed with ink on paper, but " published " in metal — a more durable medium — and survived in substantial numbers.

The first monospaced typefaces were designed for typewriters, which could only move the same distance forward with each letter typed.

Monotype also produced Times Roman Series 727, in which the heavier strokes of upper-case letters were made slightly thinner to produce a better effect when setting text in the German language ( in which all nouns are typically capitalized ), and Series 827, in which certain letters were modified to correspond to their appearance in other typefaces popular in French typography.

The " modern " period of type design was the mid-twentieth century, during which sans-serif typefaces were supposed to be superior to all others due to their stark rationality.

Suddenly, in the 1960s, professional typefaces started to appear that were not intended to be supremely readable, just in a style that was fashionable.

In 1621, sixty years after Garamond ’ s death, the French printer Jean Jannon issued a specimen of typefaces that had some characteristics similar to the Garamond designs, though his letters were more asymmetrical and irregular in slope and axis.

The typefaces were displayed in the MoMA's Standard Deviations exhibition of 2011-12.

Although letterspacing was common, sometimes different typefaces ( e. g. Schwabacher inside Fraktur ), underlining or colored, usually red ink were used instead.

By reworking the Univers more " extreme " weights as Ultra Light or Extended Heavy were added as well as some monospaced typefaces.

Through a good part of the late 1980s and most of the 1990s, some of the most cutting-edge typefaces were developed or released by Emigre.

The Book was partially printed in the Soviet Union by the Yiddish publisher Der Emes, however the entire edition, the typefaces, as well as the manuscript, were destroyed.

Caslon's typefaces were inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, the most commonly used types in England before Caslon's faces.

Caslon typefaces were immediately popular and used for many important printed works, including the first printed version of the United States Declaration of Independence.

His typefaces — Electra and Caledonia are most widely used — were specifically designed for Linotype composition and have the clean spareness of the motor age.

Following his death respective typefaces were employed by the Aldine Press, and have continued to be the basis for numerous fonts.

It greatly influenced Irish orthography and modern Gaelic scripts in handwriting and typefaces.

He became known for his designs of pseudoclassical typefaces and highly styled editions some considered more apt " to be admired for typeface and layout, not to be studied or read.

The Letter Spirit project, implemented by Gary McGraw and John Rehling, aims to model the act of artistic creativity by designing stylistically uniform " gridfonts " ( typefaces limited to a grid ).

With the name of the calligrapher Ludwig Sütterlin, this handwriting counterpart to the blackletter typefaces was abolished by Hitler in 1941.

* Sycorax ( typeface ), a unique combination of typefaces and spelling used by the poet Kamau Brathwaite

A specimen of roman typefaces by William Caslon

For historic material established text typefaces are frequently chosen according to a scheme of historical genre acquired by a long process of accretion, with considerable overlap between historical periods.

In 1984 Palatino was one of the typefaces originally included by Apple Computer in the Macintosh.

It is one of several related typefaces by Zapf, each showing influence of the Italian Renaissance letter forms.

Copyright protection is available for the representation of a typeface in software ( a computer font ), and the names of typefaces can be protected by trademark.

Specimens of typefaces by Hermann Zapf.

The contemporary typefaces used by computers, from simple word processing programs like Microsoft Word or Apple Pages to professional designers ' software packages like Adobe InDesign, owe a considerable debt to the past and to a small number of professional typeface designers today ( Zapf 2007 ; Mediavilla 2006 ; Henning 2002 ).

The library contains such famous trademarked typefaces as Palatino and Optima by Hermann Zapf ; Frutiger, Avenir and Univers by Adrian Frutiger ; and Helvetica by Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffman.

Specimens of typefaces by Eric Gill

Different typefaces and sizes can be used by replacing the daisy wheel.

Miles ' graphical design was distinguished by its tinted black and white photographs, creative use of sans-serif typefaces, and restricted color palette ( often black and white with a single color ), and frequent use of solid rectangular bands of color or white, influenced by the Bauhaus school of design.

The typefaces Granjon and Sabon ( designed by Jan Tschichold ) are also classified as Garamond revivals.

Specimens of typefaces by Matthew Carter.

Bodoni is a series of serif typefaces first designed by Giambattista Bodoni ( 1740 – 1813 ) in 1798.

The PANOSE System is a method for classifying typefaces solely on their visual characteristics, developed by Benjamin Bauermeister.

This is similar to the digit 1 found in Morris Fuller Benton's typefaces News Gothic and Franklin Gothic which are sans-serif like Verdana.

Benton's large family of related neogrotesque sans-serif typefaces, known as " gothics " as was the norm at the time, includes Alternate Gothic, Franklin Gothic, and News Gothic.

Franklin Gothic and its related faces are realist sans-serif typefaces originated by Morris Fuller Benton ( 1872 – 1948 ) in 1902.

Franklin Gothic is an extra-bold sans-serif type which can be distinguished from other sans serif typefaces, as it has a more traditional double-story g and a.