Micah Rich and several contributors of The League of Moveable Type have made a popular OFL-licensed version of Alternate Gothic #1, League Gothic. Digital copiesĭigital copies have been made by URW, Elsner+Flake, and Monotype as CG Alternate Gothic #3. Condensed Gothic Outline (1953, Ludlow), is essentially an outline of Alternate Gothic #2.Īlternate Gothic was copied by Compugraphic as Alpin Gothic.Alternate Gothic Modernized (1927, Monotype), added thirteen alternate characters drawn by Sol Hess.Ludlow’s Trade Gothic Condensed is very similar as well. This face was copied by Monotype under the same name, #1 by Ludlow, Linotype and Intertype as Gothic Condensed. It is essentially a moderately bold condensed version of Franklin Gothic, made in three numbered widths. In ITC Franklin Gothic.the g keeps popping up like a schoolchild overly eager to answer a question." Alternate GothicĪlternate Gothic was designed by M.F. Calligrapher and design historian Paul Shaw argued that it was a failure for "mucking about with the distinctive Franklin Gothic g. While ITC Franklin Gothic is the most common release, it has been criticised for modifying the structure of the family considerably. Microsoft Windows has distributed "Franklin Gothic Medium," one of ITC's variants of the font, in all copies since at least Windows 95. Bitstream’s version is called Gothic 744. Victor Caruso drew a multi-weight family for the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1980 and in 1991, ITC commissioned the Font Bureau in Boston to create condensed, compressed and extra compressed versions of ITC Franklin Gothic. Franklin Gothic - Alphatype, Autologic, Berthold, Dymo, Star/Photon, Mergenthaler, MGD Graphic Systems, Varityperĭigital copies have been made by Adobe, International Typeface Corporation, Monotype Imaging, and URW.Cold type copiesĭue to the post-war popularity of Gothic faces, most producers of cold type offered their own versions of Franklin Gothic. The Ludlow version was known as Square Gothic Heavy. Monotype’s copy kept the name Franklin Gothic, but because of the demands of mechanical composition, their version was modified to fit a standard arrangement. Hot metal copiesīarnhart Brothers & Spindler copied the face as Gothic #1, while both Linotype and Intertype, called their copies Gothic #16. 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 can be distinguished from other sans serif typefaces by its more traditional double-story a and especially g (as double-story gs are rare in sans-serif fonts), the tail of the Q and the ear of the g. Franklin Gothic Condensed Italic (1967) designed by Whedon Davis.Franklin Gothic Wide (1952) designed by John L.Many years later, the Foundry again expanded the line, adding two more variants: Franklin Gothic Condensed Shaded (1912).Franklin Gothic Condensed + Extra Condensed (1906).The faces were issued over a period of ten years, all of which were designed by Benton and issued by A.T.F. It was named in honor of a prolific American printer, Benjamin Franklin. Historian Alexander Lawson speculated that Franklin Gothic was influenced by Berthold’s Akzidenz-Grotesk types but offered no evidence to support this theory which was later presented as fact by Philip Meggs and Rob Carter. It draws upon earlier, nineteenth century models, from many of the twenty-three foundries consolidated into American Type Founders in 1892. Franklin Gothic itself is an extra-bold sans-serif type.
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