I’m trying to find a certain style of font but I’m not sure what to search for.
It’s the same font as in the Vox News logo.
Also something like the Harriet Display family.
Answer
This font belongs to a roman family called Transition Romans or Transitional Romans. The name comes from the transition in time and shape between the ancient and modern romans. All romans types has common points, the difference between them is how they are made.
Old Roman
16th Century
- Stroke Modulation
- Triangular serif
- Rounded bracket
- The central axis of the curved strokes is inclined (see the o inner contour)
- They keep many elements made manually
Transitional Roman
17th Century
- More accented stroke modulation
- Triangular serif
- Rounded bracket
- The central axis of the curved strokes is 90º
- They are built inside an orthogonal grid, less elements made manually
Modern Roman
18th Century
- Extreme stroke modulation
- Lineal serif
- Orthogonal bracket
- The central axis of the curved strokes is 90º
- Entirely built in an orthogonal grid, no manual elements
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