| SERIF | Date | Originator | Recent Versions | Bitstream Version |
| Centaur | 1469 | Nicolas Jenson (Italy) | 1914 Bruce Rogers Adobe Jenson Pro |
Venetian 301 |
| Bembo | 1495 | Francesco Griffo (Italy) | 1929 Monotype | Aldine 401 |
| Garamond | 1550s | Claude Garamond (France) | 1924 Stempel Garamond 1928 Granjon 1964 Sabon Adobe Garamond Pro |
Original Garamond Elegant Garamond Classical Garamond |
| Plantin | 1570s | Christophe Plantin (Belgium) | Aldine 721 | |
| Jannon | 1600s | Jean Jannon (France) | 1958 Francesco Simoncini | Italian Garamond |
| Janson | 1680s | Miklós Kis (Hungary) | 1954 Hermann Zapf 1985 Adrian Frutiger |
Kis |
| Caslon | 1720s | William Caslon (England) | 1989 Carol Twombly Adobe Caslon Pro |
Caslon Old Face |
| Baskerville | 1750s | John Baskerville (England) | various | Baskerville Baskerville No. 2 |
| Bodoni | 1760s | Giambattista Bodoni (Italy) | various | Bodoni Bauer Bodoni |
| Bulmer | 1790s | William Martin (England) | 1928 Morris Benton 1994 Monotype |
Bulmer |
| Goudy Old Style | 1915 | Frederic Goudy (USA) | Goudy Old Style | |
| Stempel Garamond | 1924 | Stempel Foundry | see Garamond | Original Garamond |
| Perpetua | 1928 | Eric Gill (England) | Lapidary 333 | |
| Granjon | 1928 | G. W. Jones (England) | see Garamond | Elegant Garamond |
| Electra | 1935 | W. A. Dwiggins (USA) | Transitional 521 | |
| Caledonia | 1938 | W. A. Dwiggins (USA) | Transitional 511 | |
| Berkeley | 1938 | Frederic Goudy (USA) | 1983 Tony Stan | Berkeley Oldstyle |
| Fairfield | 1940 | Rudolf Ruzicka (USA) | 1991 Alex Kazcun | Transitional 551 |
| Palatino | 1948 | Hermann Zapf (Germany) | Zapf Calligraphic 801 | |
| Méridien | 1954 | Adrian Frutiger (Switz.) | Latin 725 | |
| Trump Mediaeval | 1954 | Georg Trump (Germany) | Kuenstler 480 | |
| Simoncini Garamond | 1958 | Francesco Simoncini (Italy) | see Jannon | Italian Garamond |
| Sabon | 1964 | Jan Tschichold (Switz.) | see Garamond | Classical Garamond |
| Galliard | 1978 | Matthew Carter (USA) | Galliard | Galliard |
| Charter | 1987 | Matthew Carter (USA) | Charter | Charter |
| Minion | 1992 | Robert Slimbach (USA) | Adobe Minion Pro |