Adobe Type Library: Keyword Search

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Below is a list of descriptive keywords that can be used to search for specific typefaces in the Adobe® Type Library. Simply type — or copy and paste — the keyword into the text field at right and click Search. You can also enter a type designer's name, a font name, or an Adobe font package number. The Adobe search engine will return a list of packages that contain typefaces that match the criteria you entered. Click on any of the results to see a preview of that typeface package.

Enter font name, designer name, package or keyword.


	A

active adobe adobe-originals adornment ads advertisements advertising all-purpose	american ancient anemic angle angled angles angular animated anniversary	announcements annual antique architect architectural architecture arresting artdeco arthurian	artnouveau asian attention-getting audio austere awards


	B

balanced banner basic bauhaus beautiful beauty billboards	birth black blackboard blackletter block blocky bold	book books book_text border broadsides brochures brush	brush-like brushstrokes business busy


	C

calligrapher calligraphic calligraphy callig_serif capitals capitals-only caps caption card cards Carolingian carvings casual catalog catalogs catalogue	celebration celtic cemetery central euro charm charts checks cheerful children chisel chiseled chiselled chunky circular classic classical	classified clean clear coarse colossal comfortable commercial compact complex complicated compressed computer computer-related computers condensed congenial conservative copyfitting	corporate corporation corporations correspondence crazy crisp crispness crudely crystal curlicues cursive cursives curvacious cut cyrillic


	D

datasheets deco decorated decorating decoration decorative dedications degraded delicacy	delicate dfr dictionaries didone digital dingbats diplomas directories disco	display displays documentation documents dramatic drawings drawn dynamic


	E

earthquake Eastern European easy easy-to-read easy_to_read eccentric economic economy editorial	eighteenth century eighth century elegance elegant eleventh century elite embellish embellishment energetic	ethnic energy excitement exotic expanded expert extended extra extra bold	extra light extra-bold extra-condensed extrablack extrabold extraheavy extralight extra_condensed


	F

fax faxed faxes fifteenth century first century flamboyant flora flowery	flowing fluid flyers formal fractions free French fresh	friendliness friendly frugally fun futura futuristic


	G

Garalde general general-purpose generic gentle geometric	geralde glyphic grace graceful graph graphic graphs	greek greeting grotesk grotesque


	H

hand hand tooled hand-drawn hand-lettered hand-lettering hand-tooled	handlettering handwriting handwritten happy harmony headline	headlines heavy historical holiday humanist


	I

illustrations industrial informal inscription inscriptional inscriptions insignia	institution instructional intimate intricate invigorated invitation invitations	invite italic


	J

	journal journals joy


	L

label late eighteenth century late nineteenth century late seventeenth century latin lawyer lean	leather legal legibility legible letter lettered letterhead	letterheads letters light lighthearted lists literature livelier	liveliness lively logo logos looking low resolution


	M

magazine magazines manuals manuscript manuscripts maps master math mathematical mechanical	mediaeval medieval mechanistic memo memorial memos menu menus meso metaphysic	mid 1900s mid 1970s mid fifteenth century Middle Ages MM modern monoline monospaced monoweight	monuments multi-purpose multiple-master multiple_master museum music musician mythology


	N

narrow neogrotesque news newsletter newsletters newspaper newspapers newsprint	news_classified news_headline news_text nineteenth century no-nonsense nostalgic notation notices	nouveau nouveau-inspired nuptial


	O

ocr a ocr b ocr-a ocr-b official old old-fashioned old-style oldstyle	OpenType optical originals ornament ornamental ornamented ornaments ornate osf	outline


	P

	packaging periodical periodicals phonetic pi picture playful poetry poster		posters power powerful practical proportioned proposal proposals psychedelic publications


	Q

	quiet quill quill-drawn quirky


	R

ragged ragged-edged read readability readable	reading rectilinear reports retro ribbon	rigid rigorous rivet rivets robust	Russian romantic rough rough-edged roughened


	S

sans sans-serif scalloped school schoolbook science screen scribbly script script_casual script-lettering scriptorial semi semibold serif serious	seventeenth century shaded shadowed signage signature simple simplicity simplified size slab slab-serif small small-caps	smooth soft softened solid somber sonata spacious Spanish spare sparkle sparkly spartan special spiky spirited spontaneity	spontaneous spreadsheet spreadsheets stencil stone stonecutter stout strong sturdy subhead subtle swash symbol symbols


	T

t-shirt t-shirts table tables tabular telephone tenth century	text textbook textbooks texts thirteenth century titles titling tool	tooled traditional transitional trendy triangle triangular turn of the century twentieth	twentieth century typewriter typewritten


	U

	ugly ultra uncial uncials unpretentious unstuffy up-to-date utilitarian


	V

	venerable venetian vibrant vigor


	W

	warm warmth wedding well western whimsical wide		wild woodblock workhorse written

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