Add them to your favorites so you can find them quickly when we launch the desktop sync feature, and use them on the web today. Pretty swank.īelow is a complete list of the families from URW++ that we’ll be making available for desktop sync. 3 D (the widest of the three).Īdditionally, the Alternate Gothic OpenType Features include Numerators and Denominators for mathematical notation.
The three traditional widths of Alternate Gothic are available: No. Also, its height-to-width ratio makes every character read like an exclamation point-the words almost shout from the page. The M height is greater than its width, making it a great font for copy-fitting. Typekit is offering URW’s version of the font with a full eight variants-as well as Condensed and Extended versions, each with 2 variants.Īlongside Franklin Gothic, we’re also offering URW’s version of Alternate Gothic.ĭesigned in 1903, also by Morris Fuller Benton, Alternate Gothic is a condensed variation of Franklin Gothic that is distinguished for its height versus width dynamic. At its heavier weights, it can be read from across the room at its lightest, it presents content with refreshing clarity. Franklin Gothic pairs well with other types, and is highly tolerant to variations in line and letter spacing. The simple, unadorned face is highly legible, and in its legibility lies its flexibility. An early geometric sans, the font was designed to work within the grid-based layout system used by newspapers, and for other high-content print material such as train tables.
We are excited to make them available for use in desktop applications as well.ĭesigned by Morris Fuller Benton for the American Type Founders in 1902, Franklin Gothic was created to be a workhorse.
The Typekit library includes several classic fonts from URW++ for web use Nimbus Sans is frequently featured in the list of your favorite fonts. In addition to crafting many popular original typefaces, URW also develops software for professional font production. This is our seventh post in a series highlighting foundry partners who will offer fonts for desktop sync, including Dalton Maag, FontFont, Mark Simonson Studio, TypeTogether, ParaType, and exljbris.įounded in 1972 as URW (Unternehmensberatung Rubow Weber-from the founders’ names) in Hamburg, Germany, then re-imagined as URW++ in 1995, this foundry has been a pioneer in the digitization of type.
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