Three weights (Nos. 3–5; with different numbers assigned to
smaller sizes) plus one Extended style were patented by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan on March 31, 1885
[1889
specimen/ad]. The design of the regular-wide styles is credited
to Charles H. Beeler [Loy].
Continued by ATF as series of numbered
gothics, now named (Lining) Gothic Nos. 40 (Extended),
43 (Light), 44 (Medium), 45
(Bold). The numbers were later appended with an initial “5”,
indicating that the faces had been adjusted to standard
alignment.
Gothic No. 544 and 545 were shown by
ATF as late as 1979. Hansen’s New York Gothic was
equivalent to 545 [McGrew 1993].
Barnhart
Brothers & Spindler showed the Bold as Gothic
No. 3. [1925
specimen]
Grotesca ancha nueva (Gans) is a copy and
extension of the No. 40 (Extended).
Not to be confused with Philadelphia Lining Gothic, a different
family also available from ATF in the same period.
Grit
Sans (Baseline
Fonts, 2013) is a crude digitization of the Bold weight, in two
weights. Lining (A
Practice for Everyday Life, 2020) is based on the Light weight,
with added oblique. More…
Three weights (Nos. 3–5; with different numbers assigned to smaller sizes) plus one Extended style were patented by MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan on March 31, 1885 [1889 specimen/ad]. The design of the regular-wide styles is credited to Charles H. Beeler [Loy].
Continued by ATF as series of numbered gothics, now named (Lining) Gothic Nos. 40 (Extended), 43 (Light), 44 (Medium), 45 (Bold). The numbers were later appended with an initial “5”, indicating that the faces had been adjusted to standard alignment.
Gothic No. 544 and 545 were shown by ATF as late as 1979. Hansen’s New York Gothic was equivalent to 545 [McGrew 1993].
Barnhart Brothers & Spindler showed the Bold as Gothic No. 3. [1925 specimen]
Grotesca ancha nueva (Gans) is a copy and extension of the No. 40 (Extended).
Not to be confused with Philadelphia Lining Gothic, a different family also available from ATF in the same period.
Grit Sans (Baseline Fonts, 2013) is a crude digitization of the Bold weight, in two weights. Lining (A Practice for Everyday Life, 2020) is based on the Light weight, with added oblique. A2 Microscopic (A2-TYPE, 2022) started with Gothic No. 3 by BB&S. Lining Gothic also inspired Polymode.
