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Type Classifications For Flutter App Designers

Fred Grott
4 min readJun 16, 2022

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To be able to pair fonts effectively, you have to first get to know some terms of fonts and typefaces. Let’s start with type classifications.

ATYPI Classification

In the 1960s print designers got together and created a new typeface classification called Association Typographique Internationale(ATypI):

Venetian

Old Face

Transitional

Modern Face

Egyptian Slab

Sans Serif

Scripts

Hand Drawn

Blackletter

Non-Latin

Venetian

So named after the region of Veneto region of Italy that included Florence. It typically is a representation of roman type. Roman type have lowercase letters that show bilateral serifs at the termination of the stroke. Keep in mind that this a serif font.

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Fred Grott
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