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Bell Gothic is a sans-serif typeface in the industrial or grotesque style designed by Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 while heading the typographic development program at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. The typeface was commissioned by AT&T as a proprietary typeface for use in telephone directories and has since been made available for general licensing. Bell Gothic is designed for maximum legibility in the adverse conditions of small print on poor-quality newsprint paper, into which ink tends to absorb and spread out. It is therefore a popular font in printing at small sizes.

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  • Bell Gothic is a sans-serif typeface in the industrial or grotesque style designed by Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 while heading the typographic development program at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. The typeface was commissioned by AT&T as a proprietary typeface for use in telephone directories and has since been made available for general licensing. Bell Gothic is designed for maximum legibility in the adverse conditions of small print on poor-quality newsprint paper, into which ink tends to absorb and spread out. It is therefore a popular font in printing at small sizes. Bell Gothic was replaced by AT&T with Matthew Carter's typeface Bell Centennial in 1978, the one centennial anniversary of AT&T's founding. Bell Gothic was derived from Monotype Grotesque Std Black typeface. (en)
  • Bell Gothic est une police d'écriture sans-serif conçu par Chauncey H. Griffith en 1938. (fr)
  • Bell Gothic is een schreefloos lettertype ontworpen door Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 toen hij bij Mergenthaler Linotype Company de leiding had over het typografisch ontwikkelprogramma. De opdracht voor dit ontwerp werd gegeven door American Telephone & Telegraph Company, ofwel AT&T als een geheel eigen lettertype voor het drukken van telefoonboeken. Bell Gothic dient niet te worden verward met het lettertype Bell, van Monotype dat ontworpen is door de Britse letterontwerper en uitgever (1746-1831). Bell Gothic werd in 1978 verbeterd door Matthew Carters lettertype Bell Centennial voor de 100ste verjaardag van AT&T. (nl)
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  • Grotesque sans-serif (en)
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  • Bell Gothic est une police d'écriture sans-serif conçu par Chauncey H. Griffith en 1938. (fr)
  • Bell Gothic is a sans-serif typeface in the industrial or grotesque style designed by Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 while heading the typographic development program at the Mergenthaler Linotype Company. The typeface was commissioned by AT&T as a proprietary typeface for use in telephone directories and has since been made available for general licensing. Bell Gothic is designed for maximum legibility in the adverse conditions of small print on poor-quality newsprint paper, into which ink tends to absorb and spread out. It is therefore a popular font in printing at small sizes. (en)
  • Bell Gothic is een schreefloos lettertype ontworpen door Chauncey H. Griffith in 1938 toen hij bij Mergenthaler Linotype Company de leiding had over het typografisch ontwikkelprogramma. De opdracht voor dit ontwerp werd gegeven door American Telephone & Telegraph Company, ofwel AT&T als een geheel eigen lettertype voor het drukken van telefoonboeken. Bell Gothic dient niet te worden verward met het lettertype Bell, van Monotype dat ontworpen is door de Britse letterontwerper en uitgever (1746-1831). (nl)
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  • Bell Gothic (en)
  • Bell Gothic (fr)
  • Bell Gothic (nl)
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