Learn: P
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Photo-composition
Fonts that exist in the form of images on film or glass negatives. Type is set by shining light through the character images onto photosensitive paper or film. In the days when metal type was common, this method was often called “cold type.”
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Pictorial
Non-alphanumeric fonts containing graphics or pictures. Classic example: DF Primitives.
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Pixel
A style whose characters are composed of pixels (usually represented as squares) used mainly for low-resolution computer display. Outline fonts are sometimes made to look like Pixel Fonts. Classic example: Silkscreen.
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Pseudo Foreign Script
A style intended to mimic non-Western letters. For example, a font that looks like Chinese, but is actually composed of Latin characters. Faux Chinese/Arabic/Hebrew. Classic example: Bruce Makita.