Modern

Typography basics
Choosing fonts:
    Old-style
    Modern
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Mixing fonts
Justification
Text generator
Type tryout

 

Modern serif typefaces have distinct contrast between thick and thin strokes and are suited to short passages of text, or headlines. Their appearance is formal, and can give a professional, business-like quality.
Characteristics of modern fonts:
Emphasis on vertical strokes.
Light horizontal strokes.
Thin serifs.
Modern fonts:
Bodoni
Walbaum


 
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