The sloped crossbar on ‘e’ is characteristic of early Roman typefaces of the so-called <i>Venetian</i> or <i>Humanist</i> class¹, which were inspired by Carolingian script².<p>Catull³, the font on which the former Google wordmark was based (it&#x27;s not <i>exactly</i> Catull — some details are simplified, like the serif edges being snapped to 45°), is actually closer to the script than to typical Venetian typefaces — which, once you&#x27;ve seen the whole thing, blows the idea of the old logo looking ‘more professional’ out of the water, unless your profession is ‘medieval scribe’.<p>¹ <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Vox-ATypI_classification#Humanist" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Vox-ATypI_classification#Human...</a><p>² <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Carolingian_minuscule" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Carolingian_minuscule</a><p>³ <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.myfonts.com&#x2F;fonts&#x2F;berthold&#x2F;catull-bq&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.myfonts.com&#x2F;fonts&#x2F;berthold&#x2F;catull-bq&#x2F;</a>