Hi, I'm need of some help in identifying 5 specific typefaces per each of the following categories (listed in CAPS). I've also listed typefaces I believe to fall under these categories. Could you help me round out my list? -- Or correct me if I have them mislabeled?

(See attached for the specific guidelines of these classifications I'm using)

RENAISSANCE:
bembo
hoefler text
arno
cardo
volkorn

BAROQUE:
garamond
georgia

NEOCLASSICAL:
caslon
baskerville

ROMANTIC:
didot
century
clarendon

REALIST:
gill sans
frutiger
univers
helvetica
trade gothic

GEOMETRIC MODERNIST:
futura
avant garde itc
avenir
century gothic
memphis

LYRICAL MODERNIST:
palatino
times roman

POSTMODERNIST:
archer

Thank you for your help!

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Hi everybody,

I'm a student doing a uni assignment which asks that we find examples of typefaces from different categories.

The ones I'm stuck on are these:

• humanist axis
• vertical (rational axis)
• implied vertical axis
• no axis
• sloped roman

If someone could please post examples and/or links to definitions of these categories (I've searched in books and on the net to no avail), that would be terribly appreciated :-)

thanks again!
Steph