Thursday, October 25, 2012

Blog Entry 12 – The Non-Designer's Design Book: Type Categories


Most wanted signs are an example of Slab Serif type because of the thick horizontal serifs with very thick and straight forward stokes.




This is an example of Script type because of the calligraphy type of style involved with the long and fancy looking stokes in the writing.



This is an example of Oldstyle type because you can see that the stresses are going from the top left to the top right and the serifs are slanted downward to the left.



The is an example of Modern type because there are vertical stresses in the words combined with thin horizontal serifs.





This is an example of Decorative type because of the oddness in the word "great".  The word is informal and stands out but emphasizes the meaning of the word "great".



The is an example of Sans Serif Optima type because it has stresses staring from the top left to the bottom right like Oldstyle type but the serifs seem to be cut off or removed.


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