font_designer: Morris Benton

LTC Broadway

LTC Broadway font

Originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1927, Sol Hess added a lower case in 1929. Hess also drew Broadway Engraved in 1928 for Lanston Monotype. Broadway has become somewhat of a...

Bank Gothic

Bank Gothic font

A set of square capitals developing from the interest in geometric forms stimulated by the Bauhaus, Bank Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton for ATF in 1930, the same year that Georg Trump...

Broadway Poster

Broadway Poster font

Originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1925, FontHaus’s 1995 revival is based on a design named “Novelty Broadway”. Characters were referenced from “Commercial Art of Show Card Lettering” by James Eisenberg, published by...

Sil Vous Plait NF

Sil Vous Plait NF font

Morris Fuller Benton’s 1917 typeface named Invitation provided the pattern for this elegant and endearing face. Classic Engravers Roman style caps are exquisitely balanced with a sinewy lowercase, adding warmth and charm. All versions...

Resolute NF

Resolute NF font

Morris Fuller Benton’s Eagle, designed for ATF in 1934, which did yeoman-like duty on many WPA posters of the time. This version, unicase as was the original, has been designed to set tight, so...

Society Page NF

Society Page NF font

This elegant face with a few semi-script flourishes is based on Morris Fuller Benton’s Announcement Roman, designed for American Type Founders in 1917. It’s perfect for invitations, programs and all kinds of formal ballyhoo....

Tee Franklin

Tee Franklin font

The British Vogue commissioned this typeface for their magazine re-design in 2001. After studying the originals of Morris Fuller Benton and the existing versions, this font was designed with all new thin weights. Just...

Mariage

Mariage font

Engravers

Engravers font

Goudy Catalogue

Goudy Catalogue font

Goudy Catalogue was designed by Morris F. Benton in 1919. A medium weight adaptation of the of the original Goudy design, it is about 15 percent heavier than the Oldstyle.