Learn: Typeface Classifications

Blackletter

A script style of calligraphy made with a broad-nibbed pen using vertical, curved and angled strokes. Popular from the Middle Ages through the Renaissance (and up to the 20th Century mainly in Germany). Styles are often associated with certain countries or regions.
- Subclasses:
- Fraktur
- Old English
- Rotunda
- Schwabacher
- Textura
Calligraphic

Typefaces based on letters made with a broad-nibbed pen.
- Subclasses:
- Chancery
- Etruscan
Gaelic

TK.
- Subclasses:
- Angular
- Uncial
Inscriptional

Typefaces modeled after or inspired by letters carved in stone. Classic example: Albertus.
- Subclasses:
- Roman Inscriptional
Non-alphanumeric

Typefaces which contain pictures or symbols rather than letters and numbers.
- Subclasses:
- Dingbats
- Ornaments
- Pictorial
Ornamented, Novelty

Typefaces with an ornate or whimsical appearance, or which simulate non-typographical forms. Classic examples: Rustic, Moore Liberty.
- Subclasses:
- Art Deco
- Art Nouveau
- Comic Strip Lettering
- Dot Matrix
- Futuristic
- Machine Readable
- Pixel
- Pseudo Foreign Script
- Victorian
Sans Serif

A typeface without serifs.
- Subclasses:
- Gothic
- Grotesque
- Geometric Sans
- Grotesk
- Humanist Sans
- Square Gothic
- Swiss Gothic
Script

Typefaces based on letters made with a flexible pen or brush, or derivative forms.
- Subclasses:
- Brush Script
- Casual Script
- English Roundhand
- French Roundhand
- Handwriting
- Rationalized Script
Serif

A typeface with serifs.

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