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ATF Railroad Gothic

ATF® Railroad Gothic

by ATF Collection
Individual Styles from $39.00 USD
Complete family of 8 fonts: $189.00 USD
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ATF Railroad Gothic Font Family was designed by Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, Ben Kiel, Luis Batlle and published by ATF Collection. ATF Railroad Gothic contains 8 styles and family package options.

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ATF Railroad Gothic Complete Family

 8 fonts

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Per Style:

$23.62 USD

Pack of 8 styles:

$189.00 USD

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ATF Railroad Gothic Shadow Package

 3 fonts

Per Style:

$33.00 USD

Pack of 3 styles:

$99.00 USD

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About ATF Railroad Gothic Font Family

First introduced by the American Type Founders Company in 1906, Railroad Gothic was the quintessential typographic expression of turn-of-the-century industrial spirit—bold and brash in tone, and a little rough around the edges. A favorite for the plain speak of big headlines, Railroad Gothic quickly gained popularity among printers. Its condensed but robust forms were likely a source of inspiration for later families of industrial sans serifs. The design feels like a cleaned-up version of some earlier Victorian gothics, notable for their uneven proportions and awkward letterforms. ATF offered a number of sizes of Railroad Gothic as metal type, with cuts varying in design considerably from size to size. Creating this new digital version involved interpreting the characteristics of different sizes and making some aesthetic choices: where to retain the design’s familiar unstudied gawkiness, and where to make improvements. The new ATF® Railroad Gothic features a measured, harmonious interpretation of the original, and has been extended with four new weights (each bolder than the last). The heaviest weights are carefully designed to keep counters open, no matter how dense the overall effect may be, maintaining legibility at any display size. This contemporary rendition of a historic American design boasts a full Latin character set, including glyphs undreamed-of in the heyday of railroads.

Designers: Mark van Bronkhorst, Igino Marini, Ben Kiel, Luis Batlle

Publisher: ATF Collection

Foundry: ATF Collection

Design Owner: ATF Collection

MyFonts debut: Oct 2, 2016

ATF® Railroad Gothic is a trademark of TypoBrand LLC registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

About ATF Collection

The typefaces originally produced by the American Type Founders Company are well known and well loved. From the familiar sans serif letterforms seen virtually everywhere to thoughtful revivals of historic text faces, ATF's type designs have inspired countless fonts by other foundries. The American Type Founders Collection builds on the ATF legacy of originality, creativity, and innovation, introducing new interpretations of classic ATF typefaces. Fonts in the ATF Collection are developed with the needs of contemporary type users in mind. Attention to aesthetics and usability are paramount; ATF designer font families build on their predecessors, offering more weights and widths, and the robustly expanded character sets and typographic features made possible with digital font technology. The ATF Collection brings the same visual richness to page and screen that handset type once brought to the printed page.

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