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[caption id="attachment_13672" align="alignnone" width="620"] The ITC Stone family contains a Sans, Serif, Informal, Humanist, as well as a Sans Condensed. [/caption] A type super family is a family of typestyles that are united in some way, usually sharing the same basic foundation and structure, but with different finishing details.

[caption id="attachment_13621" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption]   In the time between when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press (around 1440) and, oh, 10 years ago, letterpress printing has had quite a roller-coaster ride. The technology that revolutionized the dispersal of information was a necessary – albeit clunky and expensive – piece of equipment for the advancement of the written word, and for hundreds of years, it was absolutely crucial.