font categories

Main category
Serif
Slab serif
Sans
Chirographic
Blackletter
Non-Latin
Pixel/bitmap
Miscellaneous
Sub category
Venetian/Humanist
Garalde
Transitional
Glyphic
Didone
Contemporary
Egyptienne
Clarendon/Ionic
Tuscan
Contemporary
Grotesque
Geometric
Humanist
Script
Hand writing
Comic
Calligraphy
Textura
Schwabacher
Fraktur
Rotunda
Hybrida/Bastarda
Greek
Cyrillic
Armenian
Georgian
Arabic
Hebrew
Devanagari
Japanese
Chinese
Miscellaneous
Pixel
Display
Grunge
Dingbats
Description
Old calligraphic style like Jenson and Centaur.
More modeled like Garamond and Caslon
More mechanical like Baskerville and Times
Incized Roman types. See Trajan, Goudy Trajan
High contrast like Didot and Bodoni
Serif typefaces with a modern appearance which doesn't fit Transitional
Square/unbracketed serifs. More sans-like.
Robust yet antique. Bracketed serifs.
Western fonts and slab serifs with decorative serifs.
Modern slab serif like Prensa Slab or Museo Slab
Robust and linear. See Helvetica, Univers, DIN.
Based on geometric elements. See Futura, Eurostile, Nobel.
Calligraphic influences. See Gill Sans, Frutiger, Ideal Sans.
Elegant writing fonts with swashes and ligatures etc.
Typical hand writing font. No scripts.
Hand-lettered sans fonts for comic books. See Comic Sans.
Any font done in calligraphy (excluding blackletters)
Blackletter with detail and texture. Old English, Diploma
Typical German type. Rounded forms. See Schwabacher, Fette Deutsch
Most robust and mechanical blackletter. Fraktur, Fette Fraktur, Fakir
Most rounded blackletter. See Clemente Rotunda, San Marco.
Hybrid of Textura and Rotunda. Bastarda is typically French. See Burgundica, Givry
Any of these languages could be collapsed into the Miscellaneous category if it's not
popular enough for its own category, though having these categories might stimulate
people to add designs as well.
Kanji, Hiragana (Kana), Katakana (Kana).
Jia-gu wen (Oracle Bone), Da zhuan (Greater Seal), Xiao zhuan (Lesser Seal), Lis shu (Cerkly
Script)
Typefaces only suitable for display use (excludes scripts and blackletters)
Any typeface with a damaged effect, or an effect at all
Icons and symbols