There are now thousands upon thousands of fonts in a diverse range of styles that are easily available at the click of your mouse. But it’s harder than ever telemarketing list to know if you’re choosing the right font type for your project or composition. Read on to learn how to make the right selection by understanding the different types of fonts and what kinds of projects they suit best. The anatomy of fonts — Before we delve into the world of fonts types and font styles, it can be helpful to understand a few things about the anatomy of type. All fonts sit on an invisible plane called a baseline—think of it as the blue lines on your loose leaf paper—and have an invisible center line called a mean line. The parts of type The cap height is the top plane of a capital letter, like the straight line on the top of a capital T. The cross bar is the line in the center that crosses a capital H or A. Some letters, like a lowercase h or b have what’s called an ascender, a line telemarketing list that crosses above the mean line. Others have descenders, which—you guessed it!—drop below the baseline. Classic descenders are the little loop on a lowercase g or the lower half of a y. All letterforms have these basic parts, but their thickness (known as “weight”), shape and height all influence what “family” or type of font they fall into. Meet the gang: the 5 types of fonts — Serif fonts Dart Farms logo Design by Curtis creations for Dart Farms. The Girl With No Past logo Design by Meela. The Brow and Lash Company logo Design by ultrastjarna. Serif fonts are the most classic, original fonts. They are named for the little feet at the top and bottom of the letterforms. Serifs date back to the Romans who flared their brushstrokes out at the top telemarketing list and bottom, creating what we now know as serifs. Serif typefaces came into vogue in the 15th century and held court for three hundred years. Even within this one designation, there are tons of smaller classifications (Old Style, Classical, Neo-Classical, Transitional, to name a few). While a casual observer might lump them all together, a type geek can explain that subtle differences between the weight, ascender heights, and shape of the actual serif give you clues to what era it was created in.