Hobo is a sans-serif typeface. It is unique for having virtually no straight lines or descenders. It was created by Morris Fuller Benton and issued by American Type Founders in 1910. A light version, Light Hobo, was released in 1915. Matrices were offered for mechanical composition by Intertype. The lower case letters provided the basis for Robert Wiebking's Advertisers Gothic of 1917. This font may have originally been intended as an Art-Nouveau font due to its resemblance to other fonts of the time. Digital versions of this face are often found in Mac OS and Microsoft Windows systems.
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- Hobo (Schriftart) (de)
- Hobo (typeface) (en)
- Hobo (lettertype) (nl)
- Hobo (pt)
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| - La Hobo és una font de pal sec que pertany a la família tipogràfica que es caracteritza per no tenir traços rectes ni descendents. Va ser creada per Morris Fuller Benton el 1910. Aquesta font se sol trobar a les interfícies de Mac. No és utilitzada habitualment en textos degut a la seva baixa llegibilitat; en canvi, és utilitzada freqüentment en publicitat i sobretot en casos en el que es vol sortir de la normalitat. (ca)
- Die Hobo ist eine Schriftart, die 1910 von Morris Fuller Benton für die American Type Founders entwickelt wurde. Sie zeichnet sich durch robuste Rundungen und dynamische Strichstärkenunterschiede aus und ist in ihren Formen an den Jugendstil angelehnt. Eine Besonderheit der Hobo ist, dass sie keine Unterlängen besitzt, weshalb die Kleinbuchstaben g, j, p, q und y nicht unter die Grundlinie hinausragen. Aufgrund ihres freundlichen Erscheinungsbildes eignet sie sich für dekorative Zwecke. (de)
- A Hobo é uma fonte tipográfica sem serifa criada por de 1910. (pt)
- Hobo is a sans-serif typeface. It is unique for having virtually no straight lines or descenders. It was created by Morris Fuller Benton and issued by American Type Founders in 1910. A light version, Light Hobo, was released in 1915. Matrices were offered for mechanical composition by Intertype. The lower case letters provided the basis for Robert Wiebking's Advertisers Gothic of 1917. This font may have originally been intended as an Art-Nouveau font due to its resemblance to other fonts of the time. Digital versions of this face are often found in Mac OS and Microsoft Windows systems. (en)
- Hobo is een lettertype dat in 1910 door de Amerikaanse letterontwerper Morris Fuller Benton voor de lettergieterij American Type Founders (ATF) werd ontworpen. Hobo is een vrolijke, informele display-letter die al ruim 100 jaar bestaat, maar vandaag de dag nog zeer populair is. De stevige letter leent zich uitermate goed voor in grote korpsen gedrukte teksten zoals uitnodigingen, posters, spandoeken en uithangborden. Hobo is geïnspireerd op de organische stijl van de art-nouveau-stroming uit het begin van de 20e eeuw. (nl)
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| - La Hobo és una font de pal sec que pertany a la família tipogràfica que es caracteritza per no tenir traços rectes ni descendents. Va ser creada per Morris Fuller Benton el 1910. Aquesta font se sol trobar a les interfícies de Mac. No és utilitzada habitualment en textos degut a la seva baixa llegibilitat; en canvi, és utilitzada freqüentment en publicitat i sobretot en casos en el que es vol sortir de la normalitat. (ca)
- Die Hobo ist eine Schriftart, die 1910 von Morris Fuller Benton für die American Type Founders entwickelt wurde. Sie zeichnet sich durch robuste Rundungen und dynamische Strichstärkenunterschiede aus und ist in ihren Formen an den Jugendstil angelehnt. Eine Besonderheit der Hobo ist, dass sie keine Unterlängen besitzt, weshalb die Kleinbuchstaben g, j, p, q und y nicht unter die Grundlinie hinausragen. Aufgrund ihres freundlichen Erscheinungsbildes eignet sie sich für dekorative Zwecke. (de)
- Hobo is a sans-serif typeface. It is unique for having virtually no straight lines or descenders. It was created by Morris Fuller Benton and issued by American Type Founders in 1910. A light version, Light Hobo, was released in 1915. Matrices were offered for mechanical composition by Intertype. The lower case letters provided the basis for Robert Wiebking's Advertisers Gothic of 1917. This font may have originally been intended as an Art-Nouveau font due to its resemblance to other fonts of the time. There are several theories regarding the font's name, and in fact it is widely recognized as one of the more interesting mysteries in typographic history. One theory states that its name came from a story stating that it was sketched in the early 1900s, sent to the foundry nameless, and progressed so little for so long, that it was called "that old hobo". Hobo, originally called Adface, was finally patented in 1915 along with Light Hobo. The prevailing bow-legged shape of the letterforms inspired another long-held theory that it was so named because they resembled those of a bow-legged hobo. The most complete and most plausible theory demonstrates how Benton, who lived and worked near a large Russian community, must have seen a particular cigar poster spelling what appears to read like "HOBO!" ("ново", Russian for "New!"). The poster's hand-lettering of the word bears striking and unique resemblances to the font; the shape of the O at the extreme right of the poster was probably traced by Benton to match his own Capital O precisely, and those shapes helped define the design of the font. Digital versions of this face are often found in Mac OS and Microsoft Windows systems. (en)
- Hobo is een lettertype dat in 1910 door de Amerikaanse letterontwerper Morris Fuller Benton voor de lettergieterij American Type Founders (ATF) werd ontworpen. Hobo is een vrolijke, informele display-letter die al ruim 100 jaar bestaat, maar vandaag de dag nog zeer populair is. De stevige letter leent zich uitermate goed voor in grote korpsen gedrukte teksten zoals uitnodigingen, posters, spandoeken en uithangborden. Hobo is geïnspireerd op de organische stijl van de art-nouveau-stroming uit het begin van de 20e eeuw. Volgens Mac McGrew (van het boek "American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century") was Hobo getekend en naamloos aangeleverd aan de lettergieterij. De ontwerpen lagen daar maar en er was maar geen tijd om ze te snijden en te gieten, waardoor men zich ging afvragen wat men nu eigenlijk moest met "that old hobo". De gesneden mallen werden uiteindelijk verder verwerkt tot loden zetletters door de gieterij Intertype. In 1915 kwam ook Light Hobo uit. (nl)
- A Hobo é uma fonte tipográfica sem serifa criada por de 1910. (pt)
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