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Typeface clustering

The authors of Typewar have posted this dendrogram of typeface similarity, based on statistics from the game:

The big stumper is that Optima is apparently one of the more difficult to distinguish faces.

(via brainsik.)

This entry was posted in blurb and tagged genetics, image, typography on 23rd February 2010 by admin.

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