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There are five categories of fonts: Serif, Sans Serif, Monospace, Handwriting, and Display. 

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Serifs contain protrusions at the beginning and/or end of a stroke of a letter, like an extra piece to the basic letterform. 


There are four classifications under Serif: Old-Style, Transitional, Didone or neoclassical, Slab

Serif

A typeface without a serif, with the word Sans being french for "without". 

Ther are three classifications: grotesque, humanist, geometric

Sans Serif

Monospace

Handwriting fonts imitate a natural handwritten feel. They are often time very expressive and are often used for header fonts.

The three forms include: black letter, script, and handwriting

Handwriting

A combination of all classifications only to be used for headers.

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