News Gothic
News Gothic is a sans-serif typeface made in 1908 by Morris Fuller Benton. The typeface was used by his company, American Type Founders.[1] News Gothic is like Franklin Gothic, but much lighter.
News Gothic, like other typefaces made by Benton, is a grotesque model. It resembles other serif typefaces made in the time period. The letters are compact, and the descenders (like the tails of g and y) do not go down far. It is different from other sans-serif typefaces, because it is light and has more open letters.
News Gothic Media
A post-war guide (presumably c. 1958) explaining the names used by ATF for their many somewhat related 'gothic' types and highlighting their then-new News Gothic Bold.
Several common News Gothic digitisations.
A sample image for News Gothic Condensed, made by ATF in 1912. The design is a letterhead for an electrical equipment company, showing News Gothic's clean, modern image.
The well-known logo of ABBA using bold variant of this font
References
- ↑ Rollins, Carl Purington (1947). American Type Designers and their Work. p. 7. Retrieved 9 July 2017.