Letter Gothic
Monospaced sans-serif typeface
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Letter Gothic is a monospaced sans-serif typeface. It was created between 1956 and 1962 by Roger Roberson for IBM in their Lexington, Kentucky, plant, and was inspired by the original drawings for Optima.[1] It was initially intended to be used in IBM's Selectric typewriters. It is readable and is recommended for technical documentation and for sheets including columnar data.
| |
| Category | Sans-serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Neo-Grotesque |
| Designer | Roger Roberson |
| Foundry | IBM |
| Date released | 1956 |
| Re-issuing foundries | Adobe Inc., ParaType |
| Design based on | Optima |
Gayaneh Bagdasaryan designed a proportional font called New Letter Gothic, based on Letter Gothic, for ParaType.
Letter Gothic was included in Windows 95. It was replaced by Andalé Mono in Windows 98 and in 2001, Windows XP replaced it with Lucida Console.