FONTSY THINGS

i mean, these are not comparison to caslon, but here

OLD STYLE or "Gerald" - Starting around 1475

• crossbar of lowercase "e" is horizontal
• top serifs are roof shaped & triangular
• bottom serifs arent rounded at the bottom

1) Bembot
2) Albertina
3) Plantin
4) Sabon
5) Garamond

TRANSITIONAL - Starting around 1750

• base serifs aren't usually rounded at the bottom
• crossbar of lowercase "e" is horizontal
• "o" is not angled

1) Baskerville
2) Concorde
3) Fournier
4) Perpetua
5) Times

MODERN or "Didot" - Starting around 1775

• strong emphasis on vertical stroke
• thinner serifs
• great variance between fonts

1) Bodoni
2) Didot
3) Walbaum
4) Linotype Centennial
5) Filosofia

SLAB SERIF or "Egyptian" - Starting around 1800

• serifs are as thick as the letter
• serifs are the defining characteristic between fonts
• differences in the subdivision are most clearly visible in lowercase letters

1) Antique
2) Rockwell
3) Clarendon
4) Archer
5) Memphis

HUMANISTIC (SANS)


• no serifs
• line-widths are visually equal
• the characters have more distinctive forms than previous sans-serifs

1) Gill Sans
2) Profile
3) Frutiger
4) Myriad
5) Syntax

GROTESK (SANS)

• no serifs
• ascender height is equal to capital height
• lowercase "g" has an open curve

1) Aksidenz Grotesk
2) Helvetica
3) Univers
4) Trade Gothic
5) Gotham

GEOMETRIC (SANS)

• no serifs
• very straight lines
• perfect circles

1) Futura
2) Avant Garde
3) Eurostile
4) Avenir
5) DTL Nobel