{"id":32015,"date":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","slug":"what-is-the-oldest-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the oldest font?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Blackletter_Typeface\" >Blackletter Typeface<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Font_in_the_Pepsi_Logo\" >Font in the Pepsi Logo<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Main_Font_Categories\" >Main Font Categories<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Serif_Fonts\" >Serif Fonts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Typeface_vs_Typestyle\" >Typeface vs. Typestyle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Top_5_Fonts\" >Top 5 Fonts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/#Good_Font_for_a_Logo\" >Good Font for a Logo<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blackletter_Typeface\"><\/span>Blackletter Typeface<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Blackletter is the oldest typeface style that still has significant echoes in modern type. It emerged in Europe in the middle ages (around 1150 AD) and stuck around well into the 17th century \u2013 especially in Germany. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Font_in_the_Pepsi_Logo\"><\/span>Font in the Pepsi Logo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The font used in the Pepsi logo is &quot;&quot;Pepsi Light&quot;&quot; by Gerard Huerta. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Main_Font_Categories\"><\/span>Main Font Categories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Typefaces can be divided into two main categories: serif and sans serif. <\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Serif_Fonts\"><\/span>Serif Fonts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Serif fonts are typefaces that have serifs, which are extra strokes on the ends of their letterforms.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Typeface_vs_Typestyle\"><\/span>Typeface vs. Typestyle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The difference between typeface and typestyle is that typeface refers to a group of characters, letters, and numbers that share the same design.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Top_5_Fonts\"><\/span>Top 5 Fonts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The top 5 fonts appear in order of popularity:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helvetica<\/li>\n<li>Calibri<\/li>\n<li>Futura<\/li>\n<li>Garamond<\/li>\n<li>Times New Roman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Good_Font_for_a_Logo\"><\/span>Good Font for a Logo<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Helvetica is probably the most ubiquitous font ever, especially when it comes to branding. Helvetica Now is a pure classic Swiss typeface redesigned for modern use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackletter Typeface Blackletter is the oldest typeface style that still has significant echoes in modern type. It emerged in Europe in the middle ages (around 1150 AD) and stuck around well into the 17th century \u2013 especially in Germany. Font in the Pepsi Logo The font used in the Pepsi logo is &quot;&quot;Pepsi Light&quot;&quot; by &#8230; <a title=\"What is the oldest font?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/what-is-the-oldest-font\/\" aria-label=\"Per saperne di pi\u00f9 su What is the oldest font?\">Leggi tutto<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2408,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-w"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2408"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gufosaggio.net\/i\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}