font_designer: Gerry Powell

EF Stencil

EF Stencil font

Onyx

Onyx font

Gerry Powell’s revival of the condensed and elongated Fat Face, cut for ATF.

Arsis

Arsis font

Arsis is a condesed modern headline face that was originally produced and cast in hot metal by the Dutch type foundry Lettergieterij Amsterdam. The Arsis font family was designed by Gerry Powell in 1937....

Stencil

Stencil font

Gerry Powell’s stencil version of Clarendon designed for ATF in 1938.

Onyx MT

Onyx MT font

Gerry Powell, typographer, industrial designer, and director of typographic design for American Type Founders, designed Onyx for ATF in 1937. A very popular advertising type in the 1940s, Onyx resembles an extremely condensed, bold...