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Adobe® typefaces are organized in the Type Classification pop-up menu according to a simplified
version of the internationally recognized system adopted by the Association Typographique
Internationale (ATypI). In addition to the traditional classifications of typefaces by historical origin, we
have added some that are unique to the Adobe Type Library, such as Adobe Originals® and
OpenType® typefaces.
Decorative & Display Didone (Modern) Expert Collection Garalde Oldstyle Glyphic
While typefaces in this group Improvements in late 18th The Adobe Expert Collection Garalde typefaces include Unlike letterforms created
incorporate elements from century paper production, character sets are designed some of the most popular with pen or brush, glyphic
many different styles, they are composition, printing and to meet the exacting roman styles in use today. designs are based on letters
most effective when used at binding made it possible to requirements of professional The distinguishing features of carved or chiselled in stone.
large sizes for display develop a type style with typographers and designers. Garalde typefaces are Since most inscribed letters
purposes, such as headlines strong vertical emphasis and These sets include old style apparent in Adobe are capitals, glyphic typefaces
and titles. fine hairlines. Named after (lowercase) figures, small Garamond, which has a also tend to have only
Didot and Bodoni, Didone capitals, fractions, superior horizontal bar on the capitals. Some of these can
types include strong contrast and inferior figures, and a lowercase e, a slightly greater be used effectively for text,
between thick and thin complete set of f-ligatures. contrast between thick and but most are better suited to
strokes, curved strokes on a thin strokes than Venetian display applications such as
vertical axis, and often, serifs types, axis curves that are posters, packaging and book
with no brackets. inclined to the left, and titles.
bracketed serifs.
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Script Slab Serif Small Caps & Old Style Swash Symbol
Since a Parisian printer Born out of the Industrial Figures These typefaces contains Symbol typefaces have been
created the first in 1643, script Revolution and the increased Some typefaces include sets special ornamental swashes – created for a variety of nontext
typefaces have become use of posters, billboards and of small capitals and old style or flowing extensions to the uses: musical notation, map
almost as numerous as the other forms of advertising, slab figures to complement the character strokes – that add making, mathematics,
handwriting instruments – serif typefaces, with their regular (base) typeface. In grace and beauty to the newspaper and commercial
brush, broad-edged pen or strong, square finishing these packages, small capitals letterforms. Swash characters publishing, and even desktop
pointed pen – that they were strokes, are extremely substitute for lowercase are intended to be used for publishing. These packages
designed to imitate. Script effective for commanding letters, while old style initialing purposes and as can put the finishing touch on
typefaces often mimic readers' attention. (nonlining or lowercase) decorative capitals. a project or help with
handwriting techniques by numerals replace modern specialized tasks.
joining letters with connecting (lining or uppercase)
lines. numerals.
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