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Welcome to the Font Identification Page for Visual Communication.
Please know and be able to identify these type faces. The fonts appear by using the font tag; if your computer lacks the
font, the default font will appear. Fear not! They're all available from the class homepage as zipped files so you can
download them and install them on your own computer. [zip file here on Sept 8.]
Have fun! The "Antique" fonts are Arial, Baskerville, Bell, Bembo, Berkeley, Bodoni, Caslon, Century
Schoolbook, Futura, Garamond, Gill Sans, Golden Cockerel, Goudy, Helvetica, Jenson, Lucida Grande, Myriad,
Optima, Palatino, Times, Univers, Verdana.
The blackletter and non-Latin alphabet fonts are extra-credit but highly recommended to learn.
Sans Serif Fonts
Arial
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Futura
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? !
*
*
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? !
*
Gill Sans
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Helvetica
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Lucida Grande
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? !
*
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? !
*
Myriad
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
VWXYZ
VWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUV
WXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Optima
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Univers
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ?
!*
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ?
!*
Serif
Baskerville
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
TUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Qu
EeKéàüçñ?!*
Bell
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Bembo
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Berkeley
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Bodoni
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
TUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Caslon
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Century Schoolbook
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
QRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
QRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Garamond
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Qu
EeKéàüçñ?!*
Golden Cockerel
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
TUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
UVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Qu
EeKéàüçñ?!*
Goudy
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRS
TUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Jenson
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Palatino
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Times New Roman
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ ? ! *
Verdana
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
QRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ
?!*
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
QRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 Qu E e K é à ü ç ñ
?!*
Blackletter faces
It is useful to know the differences, too, between what is called "blackletter." Note that we have only the
formata (highest level of formality) styles displayed.
English Blackletter (Linotext Std)
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll
Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
Ww Xx Yy Zz
Wilhelm Klingspor Gotisch
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn
Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
Fraktur [Walbaum Fraktur]
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm
Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy
Zz
Tannenberg
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll
Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv
Ww Xx Yy Zz
Ww Xx Yy Zz
Schwabacher
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll
Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww
Xx Yy Zz
Slavic Fonts
Russian alphabet using Optima
Àà Áá Ââ Ãã Ää Åå Ææ Çç Èè Éé Êê
Ëë Ìì Íí Îî Ïï ÐРðр Ññ Òò Óó Ôô
Õõ Öö ×Ч÷ Øø Ùù ú ü û ÝЭýэ ÞЮþю ßÿ
Àà Áá Ââ Ãã Ää Åå Ææ Çç Èè Éé Êê
Ëë Ìì Íí Îî Ïï ÐРðр Ññ Òò Óó Ôô
Õõ Öö ×Ч÷ Øø Ùù ú ü û ÝЭýэ ÞЮþю ßÿ
Russian again, using Garamond
Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк
Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх
Цц Чч Шш Щщ ъ ь ы Ээ Юю Яя Аа
Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк Лл Мм
Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц Чч
Шш Щщ ъ ь ы Ээ Юю Яя
Old Church Slavic - the style of writing before Peter I's orthographic reforms (early 1700s). These letters are
still used in the Russian Orthodox Church and for an historic feeling.
Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Жж Зз Ии Кк
Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф
Хх Цц Чч Шш Щщ ъ ь ы Åэ Юю
Яя
Russian, in Times New Roman
Аа Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк
Лл Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх
Цц Чч Шш Щщ ъ ь ы Ээ Юю Яя Аа
Бб Вв Гг Дд Ее Жж Зз Ии Йй Кк Лл
Мм Нн Оо Пп Рр Сс Тт Уу Фф Хх Цц
Чч Шш Щщ ъ ь ы Ээ Юю Яя
Middle East (Hebrew and Arabic)
These three fonts are arguably the most conservative representations of the writing of Arabic and Hebrew. The
first style is "Square Hebrew"; the second two are a default Arabic style, based on Naskh calligraphy, the other
is Kufic, the epigraphic and decorative standard.
Hebrew
Square Hebrew (New Peninim MT)
‫קשערתטויופ’אסדפגהחכלזכצובנ‬
‫מ‬
Arabic
Kufic
‫ابتثچحخدتدزسشصضطععف‬
‫قكلمنهو‬
Naskh
‫ابتثچحخدتدزسشصضطععفقكلمنهو‬
Indian Scripts Scripts of India and Nepal (Devanagari (Hindi and Nepalese), Gujurati, Gurmukhi), Tibet,
and Thailand derive from the same root style, Pali.
There are many other beautiful scripts (the rounded kind of India's south,
Cambodia, Burma, etc), and the squarer kinds of Tamil and north India but they can't all be represented here.
Devanagari
कखघगणनचछजझञटठडढतथदध
नपफबभमयरलव=षशह
Gurmukhi
ੳਅੇਰਤਯੁਿੋਪੱੰਾਸਦ੍ਗਹਜਕਲ
; ' ਙ ੜ ਚ ਵ ਬ ਨ ਮ ੜ= ਛ ੴ ਭ ਣ ਂ < > " : ਲ਼
ਖਝਘ਼ਧਸ਼ਾੲਆੈਥੂੀੌਫ
Gujurati (notice the lack of head-stroke)
અ ર ત ય પ ા સ દ ્ ગ હ જ ક લ ઙ ષ ચ વ
બ ન મ ણ ભ છ 9 ઁ ા શ ધ ઼ ઘ ઃ ઝ ખ ળ :
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