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   ocr: Custom letter fonts are easiest to design if you: A) base the lettering on a font that's in the system, and B) use a reference of the finished lettering. A) Most of the lettering you will use can be based on a system font. There are five basic catagories by which lettering is classified: Roman (seriflettering: New York, Toronto) Gothic or Block (sans serif: Geneva, Chicago) Italic (slanted, unconnected script: Venice) Text (blackletter or ornate calligraphic letters: London) Script (slanted, continuous, flowing lettering) Scripti lettering is not particularly condusive to keystroke lettering, ...