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This list of samples of serif typefaces details standard serif fonts used in printing, classical typesetting and printing. List of samples
Examples of slab-serif typefaces include Clarendon, Rockwell, Archer, Courier, Excelsior, TheSerif, and Zilla Slab. FF Meta Serif and Guardian Egyptian are examples of newspaper and small print-oriented typefaces with some slab-serif characteristics, often most visible in the bold weights.
Georgia Ref (also distributed under the name "MS Reference Serif," extension of the Georgia typeface) Gulim/New Gulim and Dotum, rounded sans-serif and non-rounded sans-serif respectively, (distributed with Microsoft Office 2000. wide range of CJK (Korean) characters. 49,284 glyphs in v3.10.)
The first known example of a slab-serif letterform is woodblock lettering on an 1810 lottery advertisement from London. [7] Slab-serif type was perhaps first introduced by London typefounder Vincent Figgins under the name "Antique", appearing in a type-specimen dated 1815 (but probably issued in 1817).
This category contains typefaces in the old style serif classification, including both Venetian and Garalde varieties. These faces date back to 1465 and are reminiscent of the humanist calligraphy. This is not for any "old" typeface, such as old English or Fraktur.
Typeface Family Spacing Weights/Styles Target script Included from Can be installed on Example image Aharoni [6]: Sans Serif: Proportional: Bold: Hebrew: XP, Vista
This category contains transitional or baroque serif typefaces. They first appeared in the mid-18th century and share certain features found in both Old Style and Modern faces. They first appeared in the mid-18th century and share certain features found in both Old Style and Modern faces.
Serif fonts are probably the most used class in printed materials, including most books, newspapers and magazines. Serif fonts are often classified into three subcategories: Old Style, Transitional, and Didone (or Modern), representative examples of which are Garamond, Baskerville, and Bodoni respectively.