Classicism in typography, as in architecture, was never very inclined toward luxurious adornment. The ideals of the Enlightenment also required clarity and generosity of typography. Symmetry and reduction were the overriding principles of design. Thanks to the ability to print larger forms with higher precision, books became bigger (the first all-iron Stanhope press was built in 1800). Technology allowed serifs to be designed very delicately and express a lot of detail in the characters. Constructing letters with compass and ruler may have led to the desired ideal shapes, but the typefaces were actually harder to read than their Renaissance and Baroque predecessors.
The typefaces used in these articles are usually san serif for the heading. The use of these fonts create a clean, bold and modern style. Occasionally, slab serif fonts are used for the heading which are again, bold and easy to recognise at a glance. The typefaces used for the main body vary. San serif fonts do seem to dominate the main body of text over serif however. Mostly, light sans serif fonts are used, which creates more contrast within the visual hierarchy. This is more pleasing to the eye as it seperates large blocks of text. Overall, the typefaces used have a wide range of styles; condensed, condensed black, regular bold, italic etc. Also, these pages allow more colour to be used because of the context.
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