A square, condensed sans with moderate contrast released by
Headliners in the early 1960s. It was shown with five weights which
were stretchable for custom widths, alongside the similar but even
tighter Skyline. [1962
specimen] A 1977 catalog shows neo-Matterhorn 2
with various alternates (‘fjrty’, straight and upturned terminals).
Peak (VGC, 1973) appears to be a copy.
Transfertech had a very similar design known as Swiss,
but with an asymmetrical ‘A’ and Helvetica-style ‘a’. The
Photoscript catalog from 1968 shows a related face named Matador,
incl. an outlined style. The latter is listed in the index with the
alias Valet. More…
A square, condensed sans with moderate contrast released by Headliners in the early 1960s. It was shown with five weights which were stretchable for custom widths, alongside the similar but even tighter Skyline. [1962 specimen] A 1977 catalog shows neo-Matterhorn 2 with various alternates (‘fjrty’, straight and upturned terminals). Peak (VGC, 1973) appears to be a copy.
Transfertech had a very similar design known as Swiss, but with an asymmetrical ‘A’ and Helvetica-style ‘a’. The Photoscript catalog from 1968 shows a related face named Matador, incl. an outlined style. The latter is listed in the index with the alias Valet. Lettergraphics (1976) shows a similar face named Alpine, and Lettering Inc copied it as Swiss Gothic.
