Type Style Finder

Young

Adults

Stylistically, typefaces that appeal to young adults are all over the place—

much like the age group itself. One defining attribute that binds them

together, however, is their pronounced difference from styles that are plain,

austere, or conventional in any way. Younger teens respond to faces with

dramatic proportional changes, bold weights, abstract detailing—such as

patterns, geometric shape inclusions, curlicues, oddly shaped slab serifs,

and so on—and faces that appear unstable. Within this category, type

styles that are appear drawn or manipulated by hand mirror young adults’

search for identity and convey a sense of impropriety or non-schoolishness.

Older teens, as they evolve into maturity, respond to faces of slightly more

conventional structure but with sharper and somewhat less pronounced

detailing than those associated with younger teens. Faces that are derived

from classical type but that have been distorted or otherwise visually

compromised, as well as those that are extremely experimental in structure,

appeal to young adults’ sense of rebellion, and their efforts to separate

their identities from those of their parents.

Yo, that’s cool, dawg! Young adults, from early teenagers to pre-college

age, are increasingly independent and looking to establish their identities

as adults, experimenting and rebelling. Typography and color targeted

at adolescents is expressive, irreverent, and always cool.

Event Poster top,

and detail, bottom

Modern Dog Design Co.

Junichi Tsuneoka

Seattle USA

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Linotype GlassFlag

TM

Regular

Graphic Sans Serif |

Medium Weight | Extended |

Stroke Distortion |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Princetown

TM

Slab Serif | Bold Weight |

Heavy Outline Detail | Angled

Curve Structure |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

JY Raj Extra Bold

Sans Serif | Bold Weight |

JY&A Fonts

www.jyanet.com/fonts

DIN 1451 EngSchrift

Sans Serif | Medium Weight |

Condensed |

Squared Shoulders |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

F2F BoneR

TM

Book

Graphic | Erratic Weight and

Contrast | Extreme Italic

Posture | Stroke Distortion |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Domestos Serif

Serif | Moderate Contrast |

Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

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Age Groups Young Adults

Linotype Rezident

TM

One

Sans Serif | Light Weight |

Condensed | Abrupt Joints and

Angles | Slight Italic Posture |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Metropolitan

Stylized Sans Serif | Lesser

Contrast | Condensed |

Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

Linotype Authentic

TM

Small Serif Medium

Serif | Bold Weight |

Condensed |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Napier Regular

Stylized Sans Serif | Moderate

Contrast | Condensed |

Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

Linotype Authentic

TM

Serif Medium

Slab Serif | Bold Weight |

Condensed |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Metamorphosis Regular

Stylized Serif | Moderate

Contrast | Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

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Compacta

TM

Light

Sans Serif | Bold Weight |

Ultra-Condensed |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Idyll

Sans Serif | Uniform

Medium Weight | Unicase

with Alternates |

The Chank Company

www.chank.com

[e-mail]

877.GO.CHANK

Behaviour Good

Stylized Sans Serif | Moderate

Contrast | Pronounced Cross-

Strokes | Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

F2F Czykago

TM

Semi Serif

Slab Serif | Bold Weight |

Moderate Contrast

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

F2F MadZine

TM

Script

Serif-Script Hybrid |

Bold Weight | Erratic Weight |

Modulation |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Basic

Stylized Sans Serif | Uniform

Light Weight | Condensed |

The Chank Company

www.chank.com

[e-mail]

877.GO.CHANK

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Linotype Kaliber

TM

Bold

Sans Serif | Bold Weight |

Squared Curves | Condensed |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Mechanic Gothic

Stylized Sans Serif |

Bold Weight | Condensed |

Moderate Contrast |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

Quartan

TM

Std Book

Sans Serif | Medium Weight |

Unicase | Slightly Extended |

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

Betabet Sans

Stylized Sans Serif | Moderate

Contrast | Medium Weight |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

Green

TM

Sans Serif | Semibold Weight |

Erratic Contrast and Modulation

Linotype Library GmbH

www.linotype.com

[e-mail]

+49 (0) 6172 484.418

F-Groove 76

Graphic | Bold Weight |

Multiple Inline |

T.26 Digital Type Foundry

www.t26.com

[e-mail]

888.T26.FONT

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