1.1.2.1  g one-story
1.1.2.2  g two-story


1.2.1.1  w with curved arms; R with upcurved tail [6] Kennerly
1.2.1.2  h, m, n splayed [9] Surrey Old Style
1.2.1.3  G beveled at SE [10] Trajanus
1.2.1.4  Y with spur pointing left on NW arm; Q with detached tail [8] Raleigh
1.2.1.5  a, h, m, n with curved serifs turning up at right [12] Worcester
1.2.1.6  None of the above


1.2.3.1  W center strokes joining at cap height, with center serif [17] Schneidler Old Style
1.2.3.2  W center strokes joining at cap height, with no center serif [18] Seneca
1.2.3.3  W center strokes crossed


1.2.4.1  g closed, ear rising; j slightly recurved [21] Deepdene
1.2.4.2  g open, ear descending; j recurved [20] Horley Old Style
1.2.4.3  g closed, ear horizontal; j descending, sigmoid [19] Centaur


1.3.1.1  a, b, d, e, g, p, q with gaps [22] Brighton
1.3.1.2  v, w, y with ball on NE arm [23-24] Clearface Family
1.3.1.3  v, w, y with rightward-pointing spurs caused by steps [27] ITC Tiffany
1.3.1.4  Z with sigmoid top and bottom arms [26] Stratford


1.3.2.1  g two-story; j descending & unballed [31] Vend™me
1.3.2.2  g one-story; j recurved or at least curved


2.1.1.1  A with arm extending to NW; b, d, h, k with very high ascenders;g with ascending balled ear [36] Bernhard Modern
2.1.1.2  Not as above [35] Bembo


2.1.2.1  Q tail nearly linear [38-39] Plantin Family
2.1.2.2  Q tail sigmoid


2.2.2.1  J descends, recurved, with ball; Q sweeps [43] Missal
2.2.2.2  J descends, unrecurved, without ball; Q tail comma-like [44] Trump Mediaeval


2.4.1.1  g with rising pointed ear [49] Goudy Catalogue
2.4.1.2  g with horizontal ear [51] Minister


2.4.2.1  Q tail comma-like [47] Albertina
2.4.2.2  Q tail sigmoid, starts inside body [48] Emerson
2.4.2.3  Q tail linear, short, on right [50] Life


3.1.1.1  C with serifs both top and bottom
3.1.1.2  C without serifs at bottom


3.1.2.1  P with open bowl [74] Galliard
3.1.2.2  P with closed bowl; J with ball [73] Erhhardt


3.2.1.1  J without ball, low contrast [82] Congress
3.2.1.2  J with ball, normal contrast [77-80] Baskerville Family


3.2.2.1  C without lower serif
3.2.2.2  C with lower serif


3.3.2.1  w with center strokes joining at cap height
3.3.2.2  w with crossed center strokes [89] Barbou
3.3.2.3  w with stepped center strokes


3.4.1.1  C with serif only at top
3.4.1.2  C with serifs at top and bottom


3.4.2.1  R, K with tail that descends; A with leftward spur [110] Rundfunk
3.4.2.2  R, K without tail that descends; A without spur


4.2.1.1  Light face
4.2.1.2  Black face


4.2.2.1  C with spur serifs top and bottom [126] Gloucester Old Style
4.2.2.2  C with wedge serifs top and bottom [125] Comenius
4.2.2.3  C with wedge serif only on top [123] Cheltenham [124] Cheltenham Nova
4.2.2.4  C with spur serif only on top [127] Sorbonne


4.2.3.1  B, P with slanted midstroke, black; a, d, q with gaps; Y, y with spur s at foot [128] Bramley
4.2.3.2  Not as above


4.2.4.1  g with open bowl and no ear; calligraphic [134] Athenaeum
4.2.4.2  g with open bowl, horizontal ear [135] Diotima
4.2.4.3  g with closed bowl, markedly wilted balled ear [137] Impressum
4.2.4.4  g with closed bowl, horizontal or slightly wilted ear


4.3.1.1  A with leftward spur; v, w with NE balls; R with anemic tail [142] Lo-type
4.3.1.2  A with rectangular finial; v, w with leftward spurs; U with SE serif [143] Menhart
4.3.1.3  A, v, w, R, U not as above


4.3.2.1  g with open lower bowl, upturned balled ear [150] ITC Zapf International
4.3.2.2  g with closed lower bowl, horizontal stub ear [148] Electra
4.3.2.3  g with closed lower bowl, wilted balled ear


5.1.1.1  C with bottom serif missing or noticeably different from upper
5.1.1.2  C with symmetric spurred serifs
5.1.1.3  C with symmetric triangular serifs


5.1.2.1  C with two spurred serifs [162] Bodoni 135 [163] Bodoni (Haas)
5.1.2.2  C with one spurred serif [164] Craw Modern
5.1.2.3  C with two unspurred serifs


5.2.1.1  g, j balled [180] Neo Didot
5.2.1.2  g, j without balls [183] Pilgrim


5.2.2.1  f with "bent" top
5.2.2.2  f without bent top


5.2.3.1  j balled; k double jointed but without horizontal bar [174] Caledonia
5.2.3.2  j not balled; k double jointed with horizontal bar [187] Walbaum Standard 6. Slab Serif


6.1.1.1  A with full serifs at top and feet
6.1.1.2  A with half serif at top, full serifs at feet
6.1.1.3  A with no serif at top, half serifs at feet [190] Calvert
6.1.1.4  A with no serif at top, full serifs at feet


6.1.2.1  k double-jointed [202] Egyptian 173
6.1.2.2  k single-jointed


6.2.1.1  D, O, Q with straight sides [204] Aachen
6.2.1.2  D, O, Q with rounded sides [205] Egyptian 505


6.2.2.1  W with no central serif
6.2.2.2  W with central serif


6.3.2.1  S with half serif at bottom [215] Clarinda Typewriter
6.3.2.2  S with full serif at bottom


7.1.1.1  M splayed with middle point raised [224] ITC Korinna
7.1.1.2  M not splayed
7.1.1.2  M splayed with middle point on line [223] Icone


7.1.2.1  M with middle point raised
7.1.2.2  M with middle point on line


7.2.1.1  g with open lower bowl; k single-jointed, descending, open [230] ITC Barcelona
7.2.1.2  g with closed lower bowl; k double-jointed, on line, closed [231] Biltmore


7.2.2.1  W with rightward half-serif at center; k double-jointed without crossbar [232] ITC LSC Book
7.2.2.2  W without center serif; k single-jointed, or with crossbar if double-jointed


8.1.1.1  J descends slightly; K single jointed [246] Doric
8.1.1.2  J doesn't descend; K double jointed


8.1.2.1  a single-story
8.1.2.2  a double-story


8.2.1.1  B with upper bowl narrower than lower
8.2.1.2  B with upper bowl as wide as lower


8.2.2.1  C, G, S, g, s with ends tangent to vertical [267] Univers 55
8.2.2.2  C, G, S, g, s with ends almost horizontal [266] Frutiger


8.2.4.1  K, V, W, X, Y, k, v, w, x, y with curved strokes [269] ITC Souvenir Gothic
8.2.4.2  K, V, W, X, Y, k, v, w, x, y with straight strokes [268] Optima


8.5.2.1  K, k single-jointed
8.5.2.2  K, k double-jointed


8.6.1.1  K single-jointed with gap [285] Bell Gothic
8.6.1.2  K double-jointed, no gap [284] Bell Centennial


8.6.2.1  M with raised middle junction [286] Lightline Gothic
8.6.2.2  M with middle junction on baseline


8.8.2.1  R with straight leg [290] Bank Gothic
8.8.2.2  R with curved leg [291] Eurostile


8.9.1.1  M with curved sides [297] ITC Benguiat Gothic
8.9.1.2  M with straight sides [298] Berliner Grotesk


8.9.2.1  M splayed, pointed top [300] ITC Ronda
8.9.2.2  M not splayed, rounded top [299] Churchward 70


8.10.2.1  J with half serif at top; Q with comma tail [302] IC-Alphabet
8.10.2.2  J without serif at top; Q with intersecting tail [304] OCR-B


9.1.1.1  A with crossbar formed from loop on left arm
9.1.1.2  A with crossbar formed from loop on right arm
9.1.1.3  A with crossbar a disconnected stroke


9.1.3.1  d ascender curves to left; z doesn't descend; o, p, q open at top [317] Gando Ronde Script
9.1.3.2  d ascender straight; z descends; o, p, q closed [318] Linoscript


10.1.1.1  b, h, k, l with ascenders curved to left [323] Bernhard Tango
10.1.1.2  b, h, k, l with ascenders looped [324] Dorchester Script
10.1.1.3  b, h, k, l with ascenders curved to right [325] Nuptial Script
10.1.1.4  b, h, k, l with ascenders straight [326] Stradivarius


10.1.2.1  N with ball at NE [327] Cascade
10.1.2.2  N with downward swirl at NW [329] Medici Script
10.1.2.3  N lower-case-like, with upward swirl at NW [331] Temple Script
10.1.2.3  N not as above


10.1.4.1  b, h, k, l sans serif [335] Lydian
10.1.4.2  b, h, k, l with rightward serifs [334] Codex
10.1.4.3  b, h, k, l with leftward serifs


10.1.5.1  A, B, E of multiple unconnected strokes; a, c, e with gaps [337] Auriole
10.1.5.2  A, B, E connected; a, c, e without gaps [338] Boutique


10.1.6.1  F, G descend
10.1.6.2  F, G don't descend


10.1.7.1  b, h, k ascenders long and curved rightward [344] Delphin No. 1
10.1.7.2  b, h, k ascenders straight [345] Matura


10.2.1.1  G quasi-minuscular, descends
10.2.1.2  G clearly majuscular, doesn't descend


10.2.2.1  G with crossbar
10.2.2.2  G without crossbar


10.3.1.1  J with crossbar
10.3.1.2  J without crossbar


10.3.2.1  G, J, K descend [357] Ashley Script
10.3.2.2  G, J, K don't descend [359] Flash


10.4.1.1  d ascender angled to left
10.4.1.2  d ascender vertical


10.4.2.1  T with bottom horizontal stroke as long as top; f, p, q descenders dagger-like
10.4.2.2  T one horizontal and two vertical strokes; f, p, q descenders not dagger-like


10.7.2.1  Q 2-like, sweeps; Y with straight arms; g not eared [379] Arrighi Italic (Centaur Italic)
10.7.2.2  Q with short tail; Y with curved arms; g slightly eared [380] Blado Italic


11.1.2.1  Inline
11.1.2.2  Outline


11.1.3.1  Vertical [402] Thorne Shaded
11.1.3.2  Sloping


11.2.2.1  Serifs rounded [404] ITC American Typewriter Bold Outline
11.2.2.2  Serifs square [405] Egyptian Outline


11.2.3.1  A with serif at top [408] Rockwell Shadow
11.2.3.2  A flattened at top


11.3.1.1  W with strokes that cross [410] Columna
11.3.1.2  W with stepped strokes [411] Jana
11.3.1.3  W with strokes that meet at top, no serif
11.3.1.4  W with strokes that meet at top, with serif


11.4.1.1  E, F with crossbar above half-height [421] Hanseatic Bold
11.4.1.2  E, F with crossbar at half-height [420] Fleet


11.4.2.1  Outline [422] Helvetica Outline


11.4.3.1  G without crossbar [423] Festival Titling
11.4.3.2  G with crossbar and spur [426] Sans Serif Shaded
11.4.3.3  G with crossbar, no spur


11.4.4.1  Q tail comma-like [427] Gill Cameo
11.4.4.2  Q tail sigmoid, starts inside bowl [428] Gill Cameo Ruled


12.1.2.1  B with NWSE crossbar; G without spur at base; J doesn't descend [572] Richmond
12.1.2.2  B with horizontal crossbar; G with spur at base; J descends [567] Bernhard Antique


12.1.3.1  C biserifed [571] Packard
12.1.3.2  C uniserifed [568] Greco Bold


12.1.4.1  A with feet serifs assymetrical, pointing inward [565] Antikva Margaret
12.1.4.2  A with bowed arms, crossbar triangular [564] Abbot Old Style
12.1.4.3  A not as above


12.4.2.1  A with left arm curved, right arm straight [588] Desdemona
12.4.2.2  A with straight flag at NW [594] Hogarth
12.4.2.3  A with curved flag at NW
12.4.2.4  A with wedge serifs at apex
12.4.2.5  A with pointed or slightly beveled apex


12.4.3.1  H, K, M, P, R stems descend, end in point [600] Thalia
12.4.3.2  H, K, M, P, R end in thick arcs [597] Neptune
12.4.3.3  H, K, M, P, R end in wedge serifs [584] Chantrey


12.4.4.1  A crossbar a leftward mushroom [589] Eckmann
12.4.4.2  A crossbar a sigmoid curve starting from foot of left arm [590] Edda
12.4.4.3  A crossbar an arc starting from foot or right arm [592] Hermosa
12.4.4.4  A crossbar a sigmoid curve crossing left arm [598] Pretorian
12.4.4.5  A crossbar a downward-facing arc


13.1.1.1  W strokes stepped [608] Peignot
13.1.1.2  W strokes meet at top, no center serif [609] Radiant
13.1.1.3  W strokes crossed


13.1.2.1  G spurred [604] Britannic
13.1.2.2  G spurless [605] Florentine


13.6.3.1  M with circular swirl at SW [622] Octopuss
13.6.3.2  M splayed [619] Frankfurter Medium
13.6.3.3  M not splayed


13.6.4.1  B, D, P with slits [623] Pump
13.6.4.2  B, D, P slitless [621] Horatio Medium


13.8.2.1  g one-story
13.8.2.2  g two-story


13.9.3.1  J with serif [633] Othello
13.9.3.2  J without serif [632] Neuland


13.10.5.1  G split, spurred [635] Folio Stencil
13.10.5.2  G split, spurless [637] Glaser Stencil Bold
13.10.5.3  G not split, spurless [641] Tabasco


13.11.1.1  M pointy-topped, splayed
13.11.1.1  M round-topped, not splayed [653] ITC Uptight Neon  
13.11.1.2  M pointy-topped, not splayed 645


13.11.2.1  M splayed
13.11.2.2  M not splayed


13.12.3.1  H crossbar sigmoid [662] Uncle Bill
13.12.3.2  H crossbar straight [658] Premier Shaded  


13.13.2.1  K with bar across base [665] Quicksilver
13.13.2.2  K without bar across base [663] Baby Arbuckle


14.1.1.1  f descends [435] ITC Firenze
14.1.1.2  f flag triangular [438] Perpetua Black  
14.1.1.3  f balled, j not balled [443] ITC Zapf Book Heavy
14.1.1.4  f, j balled
14.1.1.5  f, j quarter-mooned


14.1.2.1  A with beveled apex  
14.1.2.2  A with flattened apex


14.1.3.1  A with beveled apex [450] ITC Cheltenham Ultra
14.1.3.2  A with leftward serif at apex [451] Kompakt
14.1.3.3  A with flattened apex [452] Whitin Black


14.2.1.1  G with half crossbar, no spur at bottom [454] Hidalgo
14.2.1.2  G with full crossbar, spur at bottom


14.2.2.1  Q tail linear, starts at bowl [455] Karnak Black
14.2.2.2  Q tail angled, starts inside bowl [456] Memphis Extra Bold
14.2.2.3  Q tail sigmoid, centered under bowl [458] Rockwell Extra Bold


14.3.1.1  A with parallel arms
14.3.1.2  A triangular with pointed apex
14.3.1.3  A triangular with flattened apex


14.3.2.1  g one-story [469] ITC Souvenir Bold
14.3.2.2  g two-story


14.3.3.1  g one-story [471] ITC Souvenir Bold Outline
14.3.3.2  g two-story [470] Cooper Black Outline


14.4.1.1  a one-story
14.4.1.2  a two-story


14.4.3.1  H with serif at NW [487] Dynamo
14.4.3.2  H a solid rectangle with slits at N and S
14.4.3.3  H with left stroke much thicker than right
14.4.3.4  H a normal sans-serif H


14.4.4.1  G spurred
14.4.4.2  G spurless


14.4.5.1  C with rounded top [508] Impact Outline
14.4.5.2  C with flat top, curved corners [507] Compacta Bold Outline
14.4.5.3  C with straight segments [509] Superstar


14.4.6.1  a one-story
14.4.6.1  a two-story [512] Cable Heavy (Klingspor)


15.1.2.1  a one-story; A with serif at apex [519] ITC Stymie Hairline
15.1.2.2  a two-story; A without serif at apex [517] Glypha 35 Thin [518] Serifa 35 Thin


15.3.1.1  N stepped [524] Empire
15.3.1.2  N not stepped


15.3.2.1  W strokes crossed
15.3.2.2  W strokes meet at top


16.1.9.1  A spurs hollow, reminiscent of ironwork [539] Fontanesi
16.1.9.2  A spurs linear [542] Lexington


16.3.3.1  A filled with continuous strokes [549] Quentin
16.3.3.2  A filled with discontinuous strokes [551] Trocadero


16.4.4.1  A crossbar ends in ball [554] Davida
16.4.4.2  A crossbar ends in spiral [557] Recherche


16.4.5.1  A with spiral at apex [556] Kismet
16.4.5.2  A with spiral in upped bowl, dotted circle below crossbar [552] Aesthetic Ornamented
16.4.5.3  A with spiral below crossbar [558] Ringlet


17.2.4.1  A with stripes on right [673] Groove
17.2.4.2  A with stripes on left [677] Sinaloa


17.2.5.1  A all hairlines [678] Stripes
17.2.5.2  A with heavy line on left [672] ITC Aki Lines


17.4.1.1  Dots aligned [680] Astra
17.4.1.2  Dots staggered [681] Chequered


17.4.2.1  Dots shadowed [683] Spangle
17.4.2.2  Dots plain 684


17.5.5.1  A with right edge closest [689] Italiennes Ombrees
17.5.5.2  A with left edge closest [691] Speed Caps
17.5.5.3  A with feet closest, upper face black [690] Perspective Italic
17.5.5.4  A with feet closest, upper face white [687] Buster


17.6.2.1  Background fine halftone [698] Tonal
17.6.2.2  Background horizontal lines [696] Phase Two
17.6.2.3  Background vertical lines [695] Good vibrations




































 




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