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Franklin Gothic The original Franklin Gothic typeface was the third in a series of sans serif faces designed after American Type Founders was founded. In the early 1900s, ATF’s head of typeface development, Morris Fuller Benton, began to create the type designs that would influence American type design for more than 40 years. The Globe Gothic face was his first sans serif design, which was followed shortly thereafter by Alternate Gothic. Around 1902, Franklin Gothic was cut, although it was not released as a font of metal type until 1905.

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Traditional double-story “g”.Ear of the letter “g” is also another distinguishing feature.Angled ends of stems of lowercase “b” and “q”.

Name	Franklin Gothic
Characteristics	Traditional double-story “g”. Ear of the letter “g” is also another distinguishing feature. Angled ends of stems of lowercase “b” and “q”.
History	The original Franklin Gothic typeface was the third in a series of sans serif faces designed after American Type Founders was founded. In the early 1900s, ATF’s head of typeface development, Morris Fuller Benton, began to create the type designs that would influence American type design for more than 40 years. The Globe Gothic face was his first sans serif design, which was followed shortly thereafter by Alternate Gothic. Around 1902, Franklin Gothic was cut, although it was not released as a font of metal type until 1905.

Gothic Type Franklin Typeface Sans Serif American Traditional