Are you familiar with this:
FONTS_91
...dedicated to all those who use
(and abuse) fonts on a regular basis...
Attempting to organize the mass of fonts that have been developed
over the past 4 years, we came up with the following naming convention:
the thousands digit indicates the type; the hundreds digit indicates
the font; and the last two digits indicate the height in pixels.
Therefore, font number 1208 is a san serif font 8 pixels tall.
1000 fonts -- SAN SERIF
2000 fonts -- SERIF
3000 fonts -- SCRIPT
4000 fonts -- BLOCK
5000 fonts -- DECORATIVE
6000 fonts -- HEADLINE
SERIFS are the teensy-weensy lines at the tops and bottoms of some
letters. SAN SERIF are fonts without serifs ("san" being from the
Latin, "Sansabelt" or "Jaymar Ruby"). LEADING is the white space
between lines of type (the more lead, the farther apart the lines
are). A short font history will follow (much later).
A complete list follows:
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SAN SERIF
1005 smallest readable upper/lowercase, narrow width, not recommended,
use only in a (for a) pinch
1006 more readable, better proportions than 1005
1008
1105 a kinda narrow Helvetica
1106 more leading that 1105
1207 medium width Helvetica-esque
1208 medium width Helvetica-ette
1307 wide Helvetica-like thing
1405 reverse of 1205 (as seen on Arnoid's helmet in SQ3)
1505 block caps where lowercase should be; symbols where uppercase
should be. (as made famous in SQ3 heirogyphics at end of
Astro Chicken arcade game)
SERIF
2107 was originally font.0, a lovely Chicago ripoff
2108 known and loved as font.1; a "Herb Lubalin-like" masterpiece
2206 [work in progress]
2207 TSN's button font
2306 as seen in SQ2, but made famous by QFG1, nee HQ1
2308 like 2306, but 2 pixels taller
2309 an outline of 2306
2407 monospaced American typewriter
2508 a heavy black font to be used behind font ____ (?)
2510 a large, readable, Caslon-type type, semi-bold, with a hint of
mint
SCRIPT
3008 script, Middle Ages, pretension yet easy to read
3110 Black Forest script, fussy, frilly, Robin Hoodie
3112 black background for 3110
BLOCK
4010 [work in progress]
4109 big and chunky, heavy, black
4112 even bigger. With a touch of Western influence
4115 Helvetica Giant font. From Larry2, "She's Naked!"
4210 Olde English
DECORATIVE
5110 outer space/computer OCR font. From SQ2
5112 outline of 5110
5210 bold, larger version of 5110