Classic serif fonts are versatile and reliable standards.
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Not every version is suitable for body copy, headlines, captions and web pages.
However, members of the same family are designed to work well together.
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This list is presented in alphabetical order; no one font is considered better than another.
Baskerville is a transitional serif style.
Bodoni
Bodoni is a classic text face styled after the work of Giambattista Bodoni.
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Bodoni is a modern serif style.
Caslon
Benjamin Franklin chose Caslon for the first printing of the American Declaration of Independence.
Fonts based on the typefaces of William Caslon are good, readable choices for text.
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Century
The best known of the Century family is New Century Schoolbook.
Garamond
Typefaces bearing the Garamond name are not always based on the designs of Claude Garamond.
However, these serif fonts share certain characteristics of timeless beauty and readability.
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Garamond is an old style serif font.
Part of its widespread use may stem from its inclusionalong with Helvetica and Timeswith macOS.
Palatino is an old-style serif font.
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Sabon
Designed in the 1960s by Jan Tschichold, Sabon serif font is based on Garamond types.
Those who commissioned the font design specified that it should be suitable for all printing purposesand it is.
Sabon is an old-style serif font.
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Times
Times is possibly overused, but it is a good basic serif font nonetheless.
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