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Typography
Typefaces, their date, designer, and classification
12
Art/Design
Undergraduate 3
11/29/2012

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Term
Century Schoolbook
Definition

Designer: Morris Fuller Benton

 

Date: early 1900's (1919)

 

Classification: Transitional

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Aksidenz Grotesk
Definition

Designer: Gunter Gerhard Lange

 

Date: late 1900's (1986)

 

Classification: Sans Serif, Transitional

 

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Bembo
Definition

Designer: Stanley Morison

 

Date: 20th century, but derived from Francesco Griffo's 1495 version

 

Classification: Serif, Old Style

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Caslon
Definition

Designer: William Caslon

 

Date: 1700's

 

Classification: Serif, Old Style

 

Term
Clarendon
Definition

Designer: Robert Besley 

 

Date: 19th century 

 

Classification: Slab Serif (Egyptian)

Term
Fraktur
Definition

Designer: ?

 

Date: 16th - 20th century

 

Classification: Blackletter

Term
Futura
Definition

Designer: Paul Renner

 

Date: 1927

 

Classification: Geometric Sans Serif 

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Gill Sans
Definition

Designer: Eric Gill 

 

Date: 1926

 

Classification: Humanist 

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Trump Mediaeval
Definition

Designer: Georg Trump

 

Date: 1950's 

 

Classification: Old Style 

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Baskerville
Definition

Designer: John Baskerville

 

Date: mid 1700's

 

Classification: Transitional, Serif

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Bodoni
Definition

Designer: Giammbatista Bodoni

 

Date: late 1700's

 

Classification: Modern

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Didot
Definition

Designer:

 

Date:

 

Classification:

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