Chapter 11. History and Classifications
In this chapter, we present a history of Latin typefaces, [11-1] illustrated by computer-based fonts. The description of the classification of typefaces by Maximilien Vox and the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), which is based more on historical and cultural than on graphical criteria, and the more modern and innovative classification of Alessandrini will then allow us to approach the two "computerized" classifications of fonts: that of IBM and the Panose-1 standard.
[11-1] In this chapter, we shall use the term "character" in the sense of "typeface", not in the sense of "Unicode character". A font, on the other hand, is still the computerized implementation of a typeface.
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