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ITC Handel Gothic and Futura

Noah Nazir
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Last edited June 14, 2018
chalet
illustrative
Danger! Dinosaur area, keep out

The Handel Gothic™ typeface has been a mainstay of graphic communication for over 40 years - all the while looking as current as tomorrow. Designed by Don Handel in the mid-1960s, and used in the 1973 United Airlines logo developed by Saul Bass, Handel Gothic was an instant success when released to the graphic design community. Its generous lowercase x-height, full-bodied counters and square... Read More

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guitarfishes
Write drunk, but edit sober

First presented by the Bauer Type Foundry in 1928, Futura is commonly considered the major typeface development to come out of the Constructivist orientation of the Bauhaus.movement in Germany. Paul Renner (type designer, painter, author and teacher) sketched the original drawings and based them loosely on the simple forms of circle, triangle and square. The design office at Bauer assisted him... Read More

Donald Handel, Nadine Chahine and Rod McDonald
ITC 2010
Adrian Frutiger, Günther Flake and Paul Renner
Elsner+Flake 1932

Elsner+Flake
Paul Renner
Neufville Digital 1928
Paul Renner
Bitstream 1927
Edwin W. Shaar and Paul Renner
Linotype 1954
Paul Renner
Linotype 1936
Victor Caruso and Paul Renner
Monotype 1936