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The list below is the raw data from which this project is drawn; the original TDC list is at www.tdc.org/reviews/typelist.html and was apparently compiled by asking TDC members what they thought were the most notable typefaces of all time.

Click on the typeface names below to find out more, because each of the typefaces has a individual profile page, but depending on what you want to find out, (who, when, where or why), you might want to start at the how to page.

the top 100 types of all time?

1. Gutenberg’s B-42 type
2. Nicolas Jenson’s roman
3. Francesco Griffo’s italic
4. Claude Garamond’s roman
5. Firmin Didot’s roman
6. Akzidenz Grotesk
7. Gebetbuch type
8. Cheltenham family
9. Helvetica
10. Aldus Manutius’ roman
11. William Caslon IV’s sans serif
12. William Caslon’s roman
13. Pierre-Simon Fournier’s italic
14. Futura
15. Times Roman
16. Chicago
17. Bell
18. Ludovico Arrighi da Vicenza’s italic
19. Univers
20. Romain du Roi
21. Johann Michael Fleischmann’s roman
22. Clarendon
23. ATF Garamond
24. Giambattista Bodoni’s roman
25. Century Old Style

26. Nicolas Kis’ roman
27. Minion multiple master
28. Unger Fraktur
29. John Baskerville’s roman
30. Lucida
31. Ionic
32. Golden Type
33. Robert Thorne’s fat face roman
34. Wolfgang Hoppyl’s textura
35. Vincent Figgins’ antique roman (Egyptian)
36. Johnston’s Railway Sans
37. Optima
38. Bauer Bodoni
39. Adobe Garamond
40. Breitkopf Fraktur
41. Bell Gothic
42. Courier
43. Trajan
44. Mistral
45. Doves Type
46. Scotch Roman
47. Syntax
48. Snell Roundhand
49. Memphis
50. Robert Granjon’s civilité

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