The Status of Classical Typeface Classifications in Desktop Publishing and Beyond

Abstract

With Desktop Publishing, which started in 1985, the use of digital fonts became widespread. The operating systems of computers developed with new versions every year are enriched by new font designs added to the Fonts Folder. On the one hand, the old digitized fonts of the past and on the other hand, new generation digital fonts lead to both the inadequacy of old font classification definitions and different and fundamental new classification approaches. In order to understand the past and present, these developments that have emerged over the last 30-40 years should be considered and evaluated as a subject of research and analysis in themselves. The aim of this article, which is based on literature review as a qualitative research method, is to examine the classical typeface classifications developed according to metal typography before desktop publishing, to determine the new concepts that have emerged in the context of the use of digital fonts with desktop publishing technology, and to compare the old and new approaches and discuss the change is to define.

Keywords: Typography, Typeface, Type Classification, Desktop Publishing, Font.

DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/14-5-01

Publication date: June 30^th 2024