Five Classic Typefaces

The Five classic typefaces are Garamond (old style) , Baskerville (transitional), Bodoni (Modern), Century ( Egyptain), Helvetica (Contemporary). These fonts have changed over the past centuries and I think it is fun to look at all the minor changes that can affect the apperance making them completley different from one another.

Garamond: is an old stylr typeface, it has contract between thick and thin, it has bracketed serifs and oblique stress. The letterforms are open and round which makes the typeface readable.

Baskerville: is very elegant however it shows a bigger contrast between the thick and then serifs are less heavily bracketed and the stress of the type is almost verticle. I feel that this typeface is very pleasent and easy on the eye to read.

Bodoni: Bodoni invented this typeface to havc a strong contrast between the thickness and thiness of the serif, it also has a strong vertical stress. I think that this font is very straight and boxy. I like how this is a more formal font because there are no curves to it.

Century: this font is expressed through thick slabs of serifs and thick main strokes with little contrast between thicks and thins. The style was called Egyptian. I like how the feet of the face are thicker than Bodoni it makes the font more appealing to me personally.

Helvetica: has very little stress and the weight of the strokes are optically equal. Helvetica is a very large thick front which makes it a very readalbe type. I personally feel that Helvetica is too thick but for an easy read it is a good font to choose.