Humanist Slab Fonts
Unlike the blocky slabs of the 19th century, humanists slabs are based on a more open structure, with letterforms that are derived from written forms, but with strong rectangular serifs. PMN Caecilia (Linotype, 1990) by Peter Matthias Noordzij was one of the first typefaces of this kind. Examples of humanist slab serif fonts from the Typotheque collection: