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The Periodic Table of Typefaces is obviously in the style of all the thousands of over-sized Periodic Table of Elements posters hanging in schools and homes around the world. This particular table lists 100 of the m ost popular, influential and noto rious typefaces today.

As with traditional periodic tables, this table presents the subject matter grouped categorically. The Table of Typefaces groups by families and classes of typefaces: sans-serif, serif, script, blackletter, glyphic, display, grotesque, realist, didone, garalde, geometric, humanist, slab-serif and mixed.

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nd a ranking of 1 through 100.

Ranking was determined by statistically sorting and combining lists and opinions from the the sites listed below. The final overall ranking was achieved depending on how many lists the particular typeface was presented on and it's ranking on the lists (if the particular source list used a ranking system; some did not, in which case just the typeface's presence on the list boosted it's overall score.) After averaging the typefaces appearances and rankings a composite score was given and the list was sorted on a spreadsheet then finally given an overall score of 1 through 100 based on its final resting position.

Unfortunately, the typefaces could not be sorted exactly numerically on the table while at the same time keeping them in groups of families and classes. It had to be one or the other. Of course it COULD have been done but I would have had to seriously sacrifice aesthetics of the overall design (i.e. it wouldn't have come out looking AT ALL like a traditional periodic table.) However, upon close inspection, you find that at least the typefaces are ordered within their family/class groupings.

The sites used to determine the rankings are as follows :

The 100 Best Fonts Of All Time -

(to include top ten personal favorites from designers:

Jan Middendorp [dorpdal.com], Roger Black [rogerblack.com], Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs [tdc.org], Stephen Coles [typographica.org], Veronica Elsner [www.fontshop.com/fonts/foundry/elsner_flake/], Ralf Herrmann [opentype.info], Claudia Guminski [fontshop.com])

Paul Shaws Top 100 Types survey -

21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers -





Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design -

30 Fonts That ALL Designers Must Know & Should Own -

Typefaces no one gets fired for using -

(to include all serious and reasonable opinions stated in the comments section)