Question

garamond, caslon, baskerville, bodoni ,and didot how do these 5 fonts illustrated the evolution from oldstyle to transitional to modern in classical serif fonts

Answer 1

The small features on the ends of strokes in some fonts are known as Serifs.Some common Serif typefaces are Times New Roman, Georgia, Palatino and Garamond. In contrast, common Sans Serif typefaces include Arial, Helvetica and Tahoma.

Old style type is generally considered "warm" or friendly, thanks to its origins in Renaissance humanism. The main characteristics of old style typefaces are low contrast with diagonal stress, and cove or "bracketed" serifs (serifs with a rounded join to the stem of the letter)Italics at this point were still independent designs, and were generally used completely separately; a whole book could be set in italics. Later old style type (17th Century) generally has more contrast, with a somewhat variable axis, and more slope of italic. The most common examples are the types of Garamond and Caslon, many revivals of which exist in digital form.Transitional type is so-called because of its intermediate position between old style and modern. The distinguishing features of transitional typefaces include vertical stress and slightly higher contrast than old style typefaces, combined with horizontal serifs. Later transitional types begin to move towards .modern type. Modern typefaces are distinguishable by their sudden-onset vertical stress and strong contrast. Modern serifs and horizontals are very thin, almost hairlines. Although they are very striking, these typefaces are sometimes criticized as cold or harsh, and may not be quite as readable for very extensive text work, such as books.