Benton Sans
Benton Sans is a typeface that was designed by Tobias Frere-Jones in 1995 . Further cuts were made by Cyrus Highsmith . The font was named after Morris Fuller Benton and was significantly influenced by the News Gothic font . The font may be a. used as the corporate font of frog design and the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen party .
Classification of the script
- According to DIN 16518 , Benton Sans is categorized in Group VI (sans serif linear antiqua).
- Hans Peter Willberg would classify it as an American grotesque within group VI of its own subgroup (group VIc) . Although it resembles group VIa in its letter and writing style , the letter proportions of these two subgroups differ from one another. The "American grotesque" has higher n-heights in proportion to the capital height and z. B. also a closed, mean ›g‹.
Posters from Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen set in Benton Sans. The party's action was a vigil in front of the Brandenburg Gate against the Internet Blocking Act, June 2009.
The cover of the first edition of Germany has been removed from the Benton Sans
Web links
- Distribution of Benton Sans by Font Bureau
- Summary of the properties of the Benton Sans ( Memento from July 14, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 150 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Daniel Sauthoff, Gilmar Wendt, Hans-Peter Willberg: Recognize writings . 12th edition. Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 2010, ISBN 978-3-87439-373-7 , p. 50-51 and 44-53, respectively .