The advent of computers marked a new turning point in the history of typography. With the proliferation of content and display modes, the importance of arranging letters and words became fundamental in the dissemination of written information.
If you use word processing tools at all or are interested in fonts You have certainly already come across recurring terms to characterize certain fonts: bold, italic, condensed, sans serif… All these terms have a meaning and allow us to characterize and classify the different fonts…
The infographic below deciphers this art by explaining a lot about typography, including a brief overview of the vocabulary used, a presentation of character families and a classification of fonts.
I'll let you discover it, and for my part I learned a lot of things about terms that I used regularly without really knowing what I was talking about!
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great article, very interesting this process