The creators have a FAQ which describes their methodology: http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces.html http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of

The creators have a FAQ which describes their methodology: http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces.html http://www.squidspot.com/Periodic_Table_of_Typefaces.html Interesting: The fact that Helvetica is number one and matches up with Hydrogen's position is purely a nice coincidence.