Types of Typographical Fonts and Ways to Use Them Part One

There are various types of typographical fonts. The most popular ones are decorative, script, slab serif, sans-serif and serif. This post analyses the best types of typographical fonts and ways to use them. 

Sans Serif 

This type of font has its origin from 'Sans' a French word. The word 'Serif' is Dutch word meaning 'line'. This very font family has a smaller line width variation when you compare it to the family of serif font. The name is so because the typeface broke its mold to keep an elegant style of serif style. These fonts are solid and bold. It is a font that has accented curves, variation in stroke width and vertical axis. This is a popular type of typeface because they are practical and simple. Example of such fonts include Univers, News Gothic, Monotype Grotesque, Helvetica, Franklin Gothic and Akzidenz-Grotesk. 

Ways to use San Serif fonts 

Sans serif fonts are more universal and modern, it gives a chance to use them in many ways. You can use this San serif for infographics and social media graphics. You can share animated graphics on social media using this font. It is a font that uses many weights of the font Fira Sans making a modern design that is beautiful. Sans serifs are simpler to read and clean, and it comes in infographics, precisely the more complex ones like process diagrams or product road maps. Sans serif fonts can be applied on professional instances too. With it you promote how readable a product is. You can use it as body copy and header. The popular types of sans-serif fonts are Calibri, Open Sans, Didot and Arial. 

Example of Sans Serif are humanist San serif, geometric sans-serif and Grotesque sans-serif. 

Slab Serif 

Slab serif is a technical kind of serif fonts and has become popular. Publishing houses aim to bring their materials to the public with attention. The family of slab serif is made up of thick block lines towards a strokes's end. They can get curvy or more prominent, without brackets. Officina Serif from Erik Spiekermain and Archer by H&FG are examples of such slab serifs. Officina Serif has many weights and a beautiful combination in italics. Officina Serif has a legible typeface and full-bodied with flexibility.