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News Gothic is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Morris Fuller Benton, and released by the American Type Founders (ATF) in 1908. The typeface was originally drawn in two lighter weights, a medium text weight using the title News Gothic, and a closely related light weight marketed under the name Lightline Gothic. The typeface family was enlarged in 1958 with the addition of two bold weights. News Gothic is similar in proportion and structure to Franklin Gothic, also designed by Benton, but lighter. News Gothic, like other Benton sans serif typefaces, follows the grotesque model. Shapes that distinguish it from the neo-grotesque are the two-story lowercase a and the two-story lowercase g. Also distinctive are the blunt terminus at the apex of the lowercase t, and the location of the tail of the uppercase Q completely outside the bowl. The letter forms are compact, and descenders are shallow. The typeface differs from other realist sans-serifs in its organic shapes and subtle transitions of stroke width, all contributing to a less severe, humanist tone of voice. For much of the twentieth century News Gothic was used in newspaper and magazine publishing. For use in headlines, it was designed with condensed and extra-condensed styles. 'Gothic' was an early twentieth century term for sans-serifs, found mostly in the United States and Canada. It was also used in the UK, along with 'grotesque'. In Germany the term 'Grotesk' was used. ==Hot metal release== * ''News Gothic'' * ''News Gothic Italic'' * ''News Gothic Condensed'' * ''News Gothic Extra Condensed'' * ''News Gothic Extra Condensed Title'' * ''News Gothic Bold'' * ''News Gothic Condensed Bold'' As with Franklin Gothic, the foundry expanded the line sometime later, adding two more variants: * ''News Gothic Bold'' (1958) designed by John L. “Bud” Renshaw * ''News Gothic Condensed Bold'' (1965) designed by Frank Bartuska 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「News Gothic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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