Letter Gothic

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Credits

Designer(s)
Roger Robertson
Foundry(ies)
Monotype , Bitstream , Adobe Systems , URW++
Release Year
1956
Country of Origin
United States
Classification
Sans Serif, Grotesque
Original Format
Strike on (Typewriter)
Distributor(s)
Ascender Corporation
Tags
typewriter

Background

The Letter Gothic font family was designed for IBM between 1956 and 1962 for use on the Selectric typewriter. Letter Gothic is a monospaced, sans serif face that can be useful for technical documentation and tabular work.

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Last edited by riccard0 on February 6, 2010, 06:02am EST

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