Part of a large series of grotesks made at Photo-Lettering, Inc. before 1956 [Art Direction, Vol. 8, No. 9]. Distinguished from similar faces by round dots. Improvenu Wide is shown in ten weights plus shaded and open variants. [PLINC One Liner 1971] See also Improvenu and Improvenu Extra Condensed.

One style has been digitized as OPTI Improv New Wide Nine (Castcraft, 1990–1991, used for sample).