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Forgotten Fonts of Printing History
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- 1. Vintage American typeface, precursor to many grotesques
- 2. Early sans-serif style popular in the 19th century
- 3. Geometric sans-serif typeface once widespread but less common now
- 4. Prefix used in type naming, linked to reduced or altered styles
- 6. Term used for early slab-serif typefaces in the 19th century
- 7. Old-style serif named after a famous French punchcutter
- 8. Italian modern serif famed for high contrast strokes
- 9. Decorative, elaborate typeface style popular in 18th century
- 11. Refined transitional serif typeface from the 1750s
- 15. Early form of Roman serif, precursor to modern serifs
- 16. Classic serif typeface from the 18th century
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- 5. Short for 'without serif', early styles now largely replaced
- 10. Medieval Gothic script often seen in old manuscripts
- 12. Humanist sans-serif typeface with classical inspiration
- 13. A 19th century ornamented serif rarely used today
- 14. Small-sized old-style serif type popular in book printing
- 17. Decorative typeface inspired by Roman inscriptions
- 18. Old measure of type size and style often linked with typefaces
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