Here are some safe sans-serif typefaces you might start with: Arial, Impact, Lucida Grande, Tahoma, Verdana, and Helvetica. Here are some safe serif typefaces to start with: Georgia, Palatino, and Times New Roman
Geometric Sans Examples of Geometric/Realist/Grotesk Sans: Helvetica, Univers, Futura, Avant Garde, Akzidenz Grotesk, Franklin Gothic, Gotham.
Examples of Humanist Sans: Gill Sans, Frutiger, Myriad, Optima, Verdana.
Examples of Old Style: Jenson, Bembo, Palatino, and Garamond,
Examples of transitional typefaces: Times New Roman, Baskerville. Examples of Modern serifs: Bodoni, Didot
Examples of Slab Serifs: Clarendon, Rockwell, Courier, Lubalin Graph, Archer.
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