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Medieval (7)
Typefaces from the medieval period (1200 to 1450).

Renaissance (1450-1550) (11)
Typefaces and lettering characteristic of the Italian Renaissance period.

Victorian (1850-1890) (21)
The reign of Queen Victoria in Britain, and the rise of the Industrial Revolution.

Wild West (1850-1900) (46)
Typefaces characteristic of the American Wild West.

Arts & Crafts (1870-1900) (14)
Movement promoted by William Morris in the late 19th century.

Art Nouveau (1890-1915) (79)
The decorative style in the visual arts and architecture that developed in Europe and North America at the end of the 19th century.

Secession (1897-1920) (8)
Typefaces from the Vienna Secession, an artistic movement founded in Vienna in 1897 to promote innovation and individual artistic freedom.

Edwardian (1901-1915) (4)
The period during the reign in Britain of Queen Victoria's son, Edward VII.

Futurist (1908-1943) (2)
Inspired by the Italian Futurist movement.

Dadaist (1916-1922) (3)
Anti-aesthetic arts movement based on deliberate irrationality, anarchy, and cynicism.

Bauhaus (1919-1933) (12)
German educational institution of the 1920s that practised the ideas of modernism.

Twenties (1920-1929) (26)
Reminiscent of the Jazz Age or Roaring Twenties, the era of Prohibition, flappers, the Charleston, bakelite, and penicillin.

Constructivist (1920-1930) (34)
Soviet design movement of the 1920s.

Art Deco (1920-1935) (122)
Typefaces characteristic of the Art Deco period of the 1920s.

Thirties (1930-1939) (25)
Type designs typical of the 1930s, the age of the Great Depression, Swing music, Walt Disney cartoons, and frozen foods.

Retro (1935-1949) (19)
The flamboyant American period influenced by the glamour of Hollywood.

Fifties (1950-1959) (27)
Type designs typical of the beat culture and jazz era of the fifties.

Atomic Age (1950-1960) (2)
The atomic age of the 1950s.

Sixties (1960-1969) (48)
Typefaces reminiscent of the swinging 1960s, the psychedelic era of hippies, bellbottoms, lava lamps, pop music, the Beatles, and free love.

Seventies (1970-1979) (11)
Typefaces reminiscent of the 1970s, the age of the contraceptive pill, gay rights, feminism, the oil crisis, and David Bowie.

Computer Age (1970-1979) (10)
The age of the computerisation of everything.

Pop art (20)
Typefaces reminiscent of modern art.

Op art (8)
Typefaces reminiscent of the geometric art movement inspired by optical illusions.