article originally posted at http://justcreativedesign.com/2009/10/11/classic-elegant-serif-fonts/

“There are now about as many different varieties of letters as there are different kinds of fools.” Eric Gill

Choosing a font for a project isn’t always an easy task but hopefully this list of professional classic and elegant serif fonts will make the task a little easier… or maybe not.

Nimbus Roman No 9

ITC Garamond Light

Minion

URW Antiqua

Times

Baskerville

Baskerville No. 2

Mrs Eaves

Cheltenham Old Style No 2

Cushing Std-Book

Aldine 721

Plantin Std

Sabon

Arno Pro

Palatino

Centaur MTStd

Bookman Light

Perpetua Std

New Century Schoolbook Roman

Berthold Baskerville Book Regular

Scala Pro-Regular

Garamond Premier

Bembo

Times New Roman MTStd

Adobe Caslon

Bodoni

Goudy 38

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