• Blackletter
  Script based typefaces, also known as Gothic script, Fraktur, Old English, Gothic minuscule, or Textura.
• Chirographic
  Typefaces derived from calligraphy, penmanship and handwriting.
  
  • Calligraphic
    Typefaces created by using calligraphic pens or brushes.
  • Chancery
    Hand written Serif fonts.
  • Handwritten
    Typefaces that give the impression of being written by hand. They mimic day-to-day writings, that can be achieved with a variety of pens and tools. Very often they display the actual hand-writing of the designer.
  • Other
    Typefaces created with paint or ink by using unusual tools. Anything that cannot be categorized to other Chirographic categories.
  • Script
    Elegant writing forms, giving the appearance of being written with a nib pen. They often contain swashes and various ligatures.
• Miscellaneous
  Typefaces that do not fit into the traditional classifications. They can be based on existing typefaces as well as being created from scratch. Their character can be described as decorative or illustrative.
  
  Examples of such kind of fonts are: Dingbat (Typefaces which do not display letters, but symbols.), Decorative (Typefaces which have graphic effects applied to them. Very often they appear eroded or distorted. They can be decorated with non-typographic visual elements as well.) or Display (Typefaces that work best in big font sizes and are meant to be attention catching. They are hard to read in small sizes and therefore not used for copy texts. Usually they can only be used in a certain setting, such as a grunge layout.)
• Non-Western
  Typefaces created for non-western writing systems. We tried to list the most common ones and add the option of "Other" to have a place for less common writing systems.
  
  • Arabic
  • Chinese
  • Cyrillic
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Japanese
  • Other
• Pixel
  Typefaces based on Pixel Art. They are set to be used in a certain, predefined size, in which they have best readability and are displayed without distortion.
• Sans Serif
  Sans-Serif fonts are fonts without the base line protruding from key points on a letter. 'Arial' is an example of a Sans-Serif font.
  
  • Geometric
    Constructed from geometric shapes, such as circles, triangles or straight lines. These Typefaces display little to none contrast between stroke directions, thus having no clearly visible axis and appearing rather mechanical almost mathematical.
  • Grotesque
    Grotesque Typefaces have less of a calligraphic influence, displaying a low stroke contrast. Their appearance can be described as robust and constructed.
  • Humanist
    These Sans Serif Typefaces have been developed under calligraphic influence, thus showing a moderate to high contrast betweem strokes and may even contain the suggestion of Serifs.
• Serif
  Serif fonts are fonts with lines protruding at the key points of a letter. 'Times New Roman' is an example of a Serif font.
  
  • Garalde
    The garaldes have finer proportions than the humanists, and a stronger contrast between downstroke and upstroke. The weight of the garaldes are distributed according to an oblique axis.
  • Glyphic
    High contrast between strokes using mostly unbracketed, technical serifs on a vertical axis.
  • Humanist
    These are the most calligraphic of the sans-serif typefaces, with some variation in line width and more legibility than other sans-serif fonts.
  • Modern
    Serif fonts are fonts with lines protruding at the key points of a letter. 'Times New Roman' is an example of a Serif font.
  • Transitional
    The transitional, realist or réales are the typical typefaces of the traditional period.
• Slab Serif
  Typefaces with rectangular and very often strong serifs.

Please move your fonts to the proper gallery yourself!

I will move these freshly occurred miscast myself, up to a certain point. I cannot do it all But I will try my best to fight for a clean gallery.

Reminder about Copyright

• the font came with your operating system! The creator of that system paid the people who created the font so they could use them in their system. (Fine example: Microsoft had Arial created because they were not willing to pay the license for Helvetica.) In anyway you do NOT own the font, you are simply granted the right to use it.
• you purchased the font! I guess this is a unlikely scenario, but I thought it should be mentioned. If someone offers a font for sale, they don’t want their buyers to give it away for free later.
• the license the font comes with does not allow for distribution! If you download a font file it usually comes with a read-me-file or a link to the license. If it says that the file should not be shared, don’t upload it.