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Section 1: Type Classifications
1. The Humanist type classification marks the start of the refinement of typographic form from centuries of handwritten and calligraphic-based letterforms to a more articulated and delineated type genre.
2. Garalde is another identifier for Old Style type classification.
3. The Old Style type classification includes the typefaces Bembo, Garamond, and Goudy.
4. The primary visual characteristics of Transitional typefaces are geometric rather than hand-drawn forms, vertical stress in curved letterforms, sharper bracketed serifs, pronounced contrast in stroke thickness, and large x-heights.
5. The following fonts are not Transitional typefaces: (a) Bembo (b) Bodoni (d) Melior and (e) Sabon. ...
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