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#Trade gothic bold condensed 20 free download series#

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 BertholdвЂ™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. ДЄ guide explaining the names used by ATF for their many somewhat related 'gothic' types.ДЇranklin Gothic itself is an extra-bold sans-serif type. It is in part bundled with Microsoft Windows.

#Trade gothic bold condensed 20 free download series#

Probably the best-known extension of Franklin Gothic is Victor Caruso's 1970s ITC Franklin Gothic, which expands the series to include book weights similar to Benton's News Gothic in a high x-height 1970s style. Many versions and adaptations have been made since. Benton's Franklin Gothic family is a set of solid designs, particularly suitable for display and trade use such as headlines rather than for extended text.

Despite a period of eclipse in the 1930s, after the introduction of European faces like Kabel and Futura, they were re-discovered by American designers in the 1940s and have remained popular ever since. The typeface continues to maintain a high profile, appearing in a variety of media from books to billboards. вЂњGothicвЂќ was a contemporary term (now little-used except to describe period designs) meaning sans-serif.ДЇranklin Gothic has been used in many advertisements and headlines in newspapers. Gothic #1, Square Gothic Heavy, Gothic #16ДЇranklin Gothic and its related faces are a large family of sans-serif typefaces in the industrial or grotesque style developed in the early years of the 20th century by the type foundry American Type Founders (ATF) and credited to its head designer Morris Fuller Benton.