OTHI

Letter
Gothic
Std
THE TYPEFACE
Bold 30pt

The Letter Gothic is a monospaced sans-serif

typeface. It was designed for IBM between 1956 and
62 for its only use on the Selectric Typewriter.
This typeface can be useful for technical
documentation or tabular work. Inspired on the
Optima and adapted for an informatic use, fonts such
as New Letter Gothic, FF Letter Gothic or Olive
Green Mono have derived from it.

TYPOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS
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ABC
DEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ
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TYPOGRAPHIC USE:
This typeface is used for content texts, where big
paragraphs can be found. Somehow this typeface is
not the newest within the classes of typefaces of
Letter Gothic but it counts with a great legibility.

USE & CHARACTERISTICS

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TYPOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS:
Since it was designed specifically for the Selectric
Typewriters the space between letters is only one
(hence it is called monospread)
The geometric structure is formed by orthogonal
lines. The strokes keep their thickness and the
terminals are completely straight.
LETTER GOTHIC
Aa Bb Cc
Aa Bb Cc

A
Letter Gothic
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m o n o s p a c e d

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THE

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DESIGNER
Roger Robertson is the designer of
the successful monospaced Letter
Gothic.
Inspired by the Optima(a typeface
designed by Hermann Zapf), Roger
Robertson created the Letter
Gothic with the purpose of making
it more legible, that is why he
eliminated the modulation from the
original typeface and augmented
the ring of letters such as b, d,
p or q. In order to compensate
that augmentation he had to
condense the letters, which also
balanced them regarding to the
monospaced typeface.
At the same time, he converted the
buttonhole of the G into an open
one. Also turned the slanted ant-
lers of the M into totally verti-
cal ones.
Although at first glance it might
not look as if Optima and Letter
Gothic had much in common, the de-
signer really did inspire himself
on the Optima.
 THE QUICK
BROWN FOX
JUMPED OVER
THE LAZY DOG

the quick
brown fox
jumped over
the lazy dog
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TYPOGRAPHIC
VARIATIONS
MEDIUM VERSION
abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1234567890
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SLANTED VERSION
abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1234567890
!#¡[]@$%¿?/^&*()

BOLD SLANTED VERSION

abcdefghijklmnñopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNÑOPQRSTUVWXYZ
1234567890
!#¡[]@$%¿?/^&*()

Medium, slanted,
bold slanted, 18pt
 USE IN PARAGRAPHS
MEDIUM VERSION

Monospaced typefaces
were born from the
limitations of mechanical
typewriters. When the
typist pressed a key,
the carriage moved the
paper the same distance
each time, so it was
easier to return to a BOLD SLANTED VERSION
previous printing point
to make corrections and
Monospaced typefaces
do tabulation work. The
were born from
terms “typewriter” and
the limitations
“monospace” have a common
of mechanical
genesis but are not
typewriters. When the
interchangeable.
typist pressed a key,
the carriage moved
Medium, 8,5pt the paper the same
distance each time,
so it was easier to
SLANTED VERSION return to a previous
printing point to make
Monospaced typefaces corrections and do
were born from the tabulation work. The
limitations of mechanical terms “typewriter” and
typewriters. When the “monospace” have a
typist pressed a key, common genesis but are
the carriage moved the not interchangeable.
paper the same distance
each time, so it was Bold Slanted, 8,5pt
easier to return to a
previous printing point
to make corrections and
do tabulation work. The
terms “typewriter” and
“monospace” have a common
genesis but are not
interchangeable.

Slanted, 8,5pt
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Medium,
Slanted 600pt
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 GLYPH
PALETTE
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 SARA
ECHEVESTE
FERNÁNDEZ
sechevestef@alumni.unav.es

Project No.1
TYPOGRAPHY

Universidad de Navarra