Quality Type Listings - Indiana, USA

[Dave Hughes]

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30 pt Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed(ATF#165) for Letterpress Type for printing*

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Seller's description:

"Franklin Gothic might well. be called the patriarch of modern American gothics. Designed in 1902 by Morris F. Benton, it was one of the first important modernizations of traditional nineteenth-century faces by that designer, after he was assigned the task of unifying and improving the varied assortment of designs inherited by ATF from its twenty-three predecessor companies. Gothic Condensed and Extra Condensed were designed by Benton in 1906."*

* Mac McGrew, "American Typefaces of the Twentieth Century", Second Revised Edition, p. 143.

NOTE: This face does not have uppercase N. Please see pictures above.

NOTE: Harvested from the private collection of Dave Churchman, APA 308. You may have seen this font in the chaotic background of the letterpress documentary, "Pressing On".

Thanks!
Gretchen

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