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Although alphabetical listing is convenient, as a way of looking at typefaces it's not very helpful; this is because many typefaces don't actually look like what they're called.

Yet this is the way most commercial studios organise their large type libraries.

Memorising typeface names and matching them to a mental image of what the type looks like, is still important working practice for many graphic designers.

Click on a folder to see which typefaces are in it. Some letters are more popular, some less so.

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