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Comment by W.A.D. on a New Linotype Face

“Whos dsign is that?” I askd. “It’s you dsign. It’s a dsign that you a going to mak. And it’s ptty clos to you ida o what a modn oman typ ltt is lik.” H ginnd at m. I had to admit that it was mo o lss th kind o ltt I would mak [...]

Annonce Grotesque

Annonce Grotesque

Akzidenz Grotesk

Alternate Gothic No. 3

Alternate Gothic No. 2

Alternate Gothic No. 1

Franklin Gothic Key Characteristics

A standad typ, not only in th Unitd Stats, but in England and in Euop, it was ist dsignd by Mois Bnton o ATF in 1905, and it has suvivd lots o comptition, such as th gomtic sans sis lik Futua and th “modnizd” Gothics such as Hlvtica and Univs.

ITC Franklin Gothic Medium

Franklin Gothic Condensed

ATF Franklin Gothic Wide

ATF Franklin Gothic Italic (Non-Kerning)

Ludlow Franklin Gothic

News Gothic Extra Condensed

News Gothic, 48 & 60 Point

News Gothic, No. 206

News Gothic

Introducing a new member of ATF’s Gothic Family

Marina

Flex

Landi Linear

Landi Echo

Pharaon Blanc

Weiss Rundgotisch

Mosaik

Magere Mondial

Canterbury

Adonis

Metropolis

Electra Initials

Erbar

Veltro

Old Dutch

Demeter

Cubist Bold

Stillson

Ronde

Cristal

Estro

Parlament

Romulus

Vladmir

Tyfa Antiqua

Riccardi Press fount

Merrymount

Montallegro

A Note on Italian Old Style

Montaigne

Type Designs of Eric Gill

Athu Eic Rowton Gill was bon in Bighton in 1882 and appnticd as an achitct o th Ecclsiastical Commissions in 1900. H maid Ethl May Moo in 1904 and, th yas lat, joind a community o atist catsmn in Ditchling, Sussx, wh h did som pinting and illustation. H lt Ditchling in 1924 and livd [...]

Giovanni Mardersteig: A Specimen of Dante and its New Semi-Bold Face

Two yas ago Th Monotyp Copoation paid tibut to D. Giovanni Madstig on th occasion o his svnty-ith bithday by issuing a limitd dition o a publication dvotd to his typogaphic wok with ‛Monotyp’ acs. In viw o th gat intst shown in this publication, w a h pinting an adaptation o th intoductoy ssay [...]

Initials for Flavor

[caption] Swash may suggst to today’s young dsign th modn application o numous culiqus and xaggatd stoks to Bookman and numous oth acs—vn to Hlvtica—but th typogaph with a backgound in mtal typs is mo likly to think o Caslon and Gaamond, with thi taditional sts o gacul swash ltts. What w sldom aliz is [...]

The Origin and Use of Swash Letters

Pobably you nv ad anything on this subjct bo. Yt it is a matt o which vy advtis and pint should know. Th swash ltt, now so popula in th in kind o typogaphy, is no nw tick o th typ ound. It has simply bn takn om its hiding plac in th occasional pivatly [...]

From Sketch to Type: The Evolution of a Bauer Type Face

But vything happnd dintly. Th Roman was not cut ist, but th Faktu — in honou o a spcial dition o Goth. And thus was statd a task which continud tnaciously o yas. In 1911 th Wiss Faktu was suicintly complt to b abl to b usd o th volums o th Tmpl Vlag, which [...]