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American Type Founders Typefaces: Franklin Gothic, News Gothic, Bank Gothic, Century Schoolbook, Goudy Old Style, Bulmer, Copperplate Gothic

American Type Founders Typefaces: Franklin Gothic, News Gothic, Bank Gothic, Century Schoolbook, Goudy Old Style, Bulmer, Copperplate Gothic


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Chapters: Franklin Gothic, News Gothic, Bank Gothic, Century Schoolbook, Goudy Old Style, Bulmer, Copperplate Gothic, Brush Script, Kaufmann, Constructa, Lydian, Bernhard Gothic, Ad Lib, Broadway. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Franklin Gothic and its related faces, are realist sans-serif typefaces originated by Morris Fuller Benton (18721948) in 1902. Gothic is an increasingly archaic term meaning sans-serif, which is found primarily in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Franklin Gothic has been used in many advertisements and headlines in newspapers. The typeface continues to maintain a high profile appearing in a variety of media from books to billboards. Despite a period of eclipse in the 1930s, after the introduction of such European faces as Kabel and Futura, they were re-discovered by American designers in the 1940s and have remained popular ever since. Franklin Gothic is an extra-bold sans-serif type which can be distinguished from other sans serif typefaces, as it has a more traditional double-story g and a. Other main distinguishing characteristics are the tail of the Q and the ear of the g. The tail of the Q curls down from the bottom center of the letterform in the book weight and shifts slightly to the right in the bolder fonts. It draws upon earlier, nineteenth century models, from many of the twenty-three foundries consolidated into American Type Founders in 1892, as well as the Berthold Foundry's Akzidenz-Grotesk (which was sold in America as Standard). It was named in honor of Americas greatest printer, Benjamin Franklin. The faces were issued over a period of ten years, all of which were designed by Benton and issued by A.T.F. Some time later, the foundry again expanded the line, adding two more variants: Bar...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=170565


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  • ISBN-13: 9781157494041
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 56
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 95 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1157494048
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Franklin Gothic, News Gothic, Bank Gothic, Century Schoolbook, Goudy Old Style, Bulmer, Copperplate Gothic
  • Width: 229 mm


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