From the course: Learning to Set Display Type
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Kinds of type in a family
- Some typefaces stand alone, but most are part of a larger character set of numerals, punctuation, and other non-alphanumeric characters. Roman typesets usually include an italic and often a bold, and bold italic. Some type families are more extensive. Larger families have more weights, for example, from ultra light to super bold. Eight weights is not uncommon, and I've seen more. You may also find a condensed range. Sometimes a super condensed, an extended range, and so on. All with italics too. I've seen type families with 80 separate faces. Why so many? It's for nuance. Some type families include small caps. These are upper case letters the height and weight of lower case letters. You may also find old style numerals which are smaller than standard numerals. Standard numerals are the size of upper case characters. Old style numerals are the size of lower case characters and have ascenders and descenders so they blend into lowercase type. Very elegant. Many type families include a…
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