Part of a large series of grotesks made at Photo-Lettering, Inc. before 1956 [Art Direction, Vol. 8, No. 9]. Distinguished from similar faces by round dots. Improvenu Wide is shown in the One Line catalog (1971) in 10 weights plus shaded and open variants. See also Improvenu and Improvenu Extra Condensed.
One style has been digitized as OPTI Improv New Wide Nine (Castcraft, 1990–1991, used for sample).