Not to be confused with the unrelated serif typeface Bell, designed circa 1788.
Sans-serif typeface
Category
Sans-serif
Classification
Grotesque sans-serif
Designer(s)
Chauncey H. Griffith
Foundry
Mergenthaler Linotype
Weights of the Bell Gothic typeface.
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.
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