“Bud” Renshaw Intertype had already released a bold News Gothic in a hot metal typesetting version, however, as later did Monotype. News Gothic Bold (1958) designed by John L.News Gothic Extra Condensed Title (a headline face)Īs with Franklin Gothic, the foundry expanded the line sometime later, adding two more variants:.īenton's autobiographical notes list the following designs as his contributions to the family: 1958) explaining the names used by ATF for their many somewhat related 'gothic' types and highlighting their then-new News Gothic Bold. In Germany the term 'Grotesk' was used.Ī post-war guide (presumably c. It was also used in the UK, along with 'grotesque'. 'Gothic' was an early twentieth century term for sans-serifs, found mostly in the United States and Canada. For use in headlines, it was designed with condensed and extra-condensed styles. Both companies added additional weights to the family. The typeface differs from other grotesque sans-serifs in its rather light weight and open letterforms, contributing to a less severe, humanist tone of voice.įor much of the twentieth century News Gothic was used in newspaper and magazine publishing with copies available on Monotype and Intertype machines for hot metal typesetting. The letter forms are compact, and descenders are shallow. Also distinctive are the blunt terminus at the apex of the lowercase t, and the location of the tail of the uppercase Q completely outside the bowl. News Gothic, like other Benton sans serif typefaces, follows the grotesque model, resembling serif text faces of the period, with a double-storey lower-case a and g.
News Gothic is similar in proportion and structure to Franklin Gothic, also designed by Benton, but lighter. It was designed by Morris Fuller Benton and released in 1908 by his employer American Type Founders (ATF). News Gothic is a sans-serif typeface in the grotesque or industrial style.
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