What is Franklin Gothic?
{{Infobox font | name = | image = FranklinGothicSP.svg | style = [[Sans-serif]] | classifications = Grotesque | date = 1902 | releasedate = 1902–1967 | creator = [[Morris Fuller Benton]] | commissioned_by = | foundry = [[American Type Founders]] | foundries = | cold_type_producers = [[Alphatype]], [[Information International, Inc.|Autologic]], [[Berthold (company)|Berthold]], [[Compugraphic]], [[Dymo]], [[Star/Photon]], [[Singer Corporation|Graphic Systems Inc.]], [[Mergenthaler Linotype Company|Mergenthaler]], [[Rockwell International|MGD Graphic Systems]], [[Itek|Varityper]] | digital “foundries” = [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]], [[International Typeface Corporation]], [[Monotype Imaging]], [[URW]] | trademark = | based_on = | aka = Gothic #1, Square Gothic Heavy, Gothic #16 | variations = | sample = | shown_here = | sample_fullimage = }} '''Franklin Gothic''' is a group of [[sans serif]] [[typeface]]s. The fonts were offered by the company American Type Founders (ATF). The font was created by their head designer [[Morris Fuller Benton]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Morris Fuller Benton|publisher=Type Culture|url=https://typeculture.com/academic-resource/articles-essays/searching-for-morris-fuller-benton|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> Franklin Gothic has been used in many [[advertisement]]s and [[newspaper]] headlines. The font is still popular. It appears in [[mass media]], [[book]]s and [[billboard]]s. Probably the best known version of Franklin Gothic is the 1970s ITC Franklin Gothic. This includes features similar to Benton's Franklin Gothic.<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin Gothic|publisher=Windows|url=https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/?FID=184|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> ==References== <references/> [[Category:Fonts]] [[Category:Latin-script typefaces]] {{stub}}