Franklin Gothic
Produced by ATF in 1904, Morris Fuller Benton’s personal version of the heavy sanserifs first made popular by Vincent Figgins in 1830. Franklin Gothic remains popular after over a hundred years of use.
font_designer: Morris Benton
ITC Franklin Gothic
The ITC Franklin Gothic™ family embodies true American grit: it’s square-jawed and strong-armed, yet soft-spoken. If Bruce Springsteen were a typeface, he would be ITC Franklin Gothic. The family suite of typefaces is large...
Clearface Gothic
Clearface Gothic was designed by Morris Fuller Benton for American Typefounders. The design was released between 1907 and 1910 for text and display use. Since then, many variations have been released. An interesting typeface,...
Century Old Style
Morris Fuller Benton designed Century Oldstyle between 1908 and 1909. The design echoes the proportions of Century Expanded with its fairly large x-height, short ascenders and descenders, and large capitals, but Century Oldstyle has...
Bodoni
Morris Fuller Benton started the Bodoni revival with this version for ATF in the early years of the 20th century. We consider it the first accurate revival of a historical face for general use....
DeLuxe Gothic
Bank Gothic being a longtime font favorite of his, Michael Doret was always disappointed that Morris Fuller Benton’s classic didn’t contain any lowercase characters. So he set out to remedy that by designing his...
Odalisque Stencil NF
Here’s a stencil version of another Nick’s Fonts typeface based on Chic, a Morris Fuller Benton creation for American Type Founders from the 1920s. Stylish and sophisticated as always, and now with an arts-and-crafts...
Highpoint Gothic NF
Morris Fuller Benton’s 1935 offering from ATF, entitled Raleigh Gothic Condensed, inspired this ultracompact masterpiece. Benton’s alternate characters are included in several lowercase positions, to add a little Art Deco sparkle to this versatile…
Uncle Sam Slim NF
Based on Morris Fuller Benton’s 1905 oeuvre American Extra Condensed, this titling face packs a lot of information into very little horizontal space. Its champfered corners give the font an industrial feel which remains...