Periodic Table of Type
We stumbled across this great table that charts some of the most Popular, Influential and Notorious Typefaces of all time. This list was generated from a compilation of sources that can be found in the lower left hand corner of the page. Perhaps my favorite source is the “Typefaces No One Gets Fired for Using.” Click the image below to see the the table in it’s full glory. You’d be wise to keep this in your proverbial back pocket for when you’re scrambling to pick a typeface in the future.
This chart should be especially enjoyable for all of you chemists at heart. Notice each “element” of the table includes: the family or class, the rank, the symbol, the name of the typeface, the designer(s), and the year it was designed.
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way cool!
as a former-pre-pharmacy-school-student-who-had-to-take-college-chem-over-and-over-and-over again-b/c-i-couldn’t-get-outta-bed-for-those-8am-labs-turned-freelance-graphic-designer-font-addict-which-is-what-i-should’ve-gone-to-school-for-in-the-first-place-and-never-listened-to-my-mom kinda gal, i’m so digging this little treat.
thanks for sharing.
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