Letter Forms Book

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Table of Contents
Garamond 1
Rockwell 2
Neue Haas Grotesk 3
Mrs. Eaves 4
Kabel 5
Lato 6
Didot 7

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Garamond
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This typeface was inspired by the punch cuts made
in the 16th century by Claude Garamond. Some
interesting characteristics include the small eye of the
lowercase e and a, and the leg of the letter R extends
further than the eye. This font is often considered clean
and elegant.

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Rockwell
Rockwell is a very distinctive type of a geometric
slab serif design. It was created by a man named
Frank Hinman Pierpont in 1934. He oversaw the
in-house studio of the Monotype foundry. Some special
differences include differences in spacing, letter weight
and glyph formation.

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Neue Haas
Grotesk
This typeface was created in 1957, commissioned by
the president of the Hass type foundry and created
by Max Miedinger. The font was an immidiate success.
Later it became known as Helvetica to the public, with
some subtle changes.

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Mrs. Eaves
Zuzana Licko designed Mrs. Eaves in 1996, her first
attempt at a traditional typeface design, and it was
modeled after the Baskerville typeface made in 1757.
The spacing is generally too loose for large paragraphs,
so the type is better suited for short lines and titles.
This font is a common choice for book covers.

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Kabel
This typeface was created in 1927 by Rudolph
Koch, a German Designer, for the Klingspor foundry
in Germany. It was named after and in honor of a
transatlantic telephone cable that was completed in
1926. Geometric typefaces were a design trend in
Germany at the time. The NBC News logo uses this
well known font.

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Lato
Lukasz Dziedzic designed this font in 2010 published
by his foundry tyPoland with support from Google.
Lato is polish for summer. It is the third most saved
font on Google fonts. The typeface is available in nine
different weights, ranging from hairline to black, with
italic options available as well.

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Didot
This typeface is based on the collection of types
created by Firmin Didot in the years of 1784 - 1811. The
Didot family was a family of printers. They cut, casted,
and used these letters they created in the printing and
book industry. The typeface contains many flat serifs,
and a lot of stroke contrast thoughout the letters.

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