The role of typeface categorization systems in the typographic education of the printer: a corrective legacy still with us today

System development for its disclosure of Portuguese digital type design

“…Over time, several methods were designed based on morphologic aspects (BS 2961(BS , 1967Thibaudeau, 1924;Vox, 1954;Willberg, 2001), historic movements (Bringhurst, 2004(Bringhurst, [1992), mixed classifications (Bauermeister, 1987;Dixon, 2001;Mundie, 1995) and later on with tags (Dixon, 2012). Nowadays, the amount of variables in typeface design and production makes the classification field a very difficult task.…”