 The transitional, realist, or "réales" are the typical typefaces of the traditional period, particularly embodying the rational spirit of the Enlightenment.Contrast between main and connecting strokes is marked even more than in the first two groups, weight is distributed now according to a quasi-vertical axis.The realists are the result of the wish of Louis XIV to invent new typographical forms, on the one hand to find a successor of the Garamond, on the other hand to compete in quality with the different printers of Europe.