A variety of disparate
sans serifs with the Grotesque name issued by
English Monotype, supervised in 1926 by Frank Hinman Pierpont, and incorporating several
older styles.
The series includes:
• Bold Condensed [No. 2] (series
15, 1902), from Miller &
Richard
• Bold [No. 3] (series
73, 1909)
• Condensed (series
33, 1910), from ATF
• Grotesque [No. 2] (series
51, 1910), from Miller &
Richard
• Bold Condensed (series
81, 1910), from Miller &
Richard
• Bold Extended (series
150, 1921), from Miller &
Richard
• Bold Condensed Titling (series
166, 1922)
• Light (series 126,
1926)
• Bold (series
216, 1926)
• Grotesque (series
215, 1927, used for sample; adapted from Ideal-Grotesk (a copy of Venus)
• Light Condensed (series
274, 1929)
• Condensed (series
318, 1931)
•
Extra Condensed (series
383, 1933), from Turlot
• Condensed Titling (series
523, 1939)
• Bold Titling (series
524, 1939)
• Bold Condensed Titling (series
527, 1939)
[Gill 2020]
Two styles More…
A variety of disparate sans serifs with the Grotesque name issued by English Monotype, supervised in 1926 by Frank Hinman Pierpont, and incorporating several older styles.
The series includes:
• Bold Condensed [No. 2] (series 15, 1902), from Miller & Richard
• Bold [No. 3] (series 73, 1909)
• Condensed (series 33, 1910), from ATF
• Grotesque [No. 2] (series 51, 1910), from Miller & Richard
• Bold Condensed (series 81, 1910), from Miller & Richard
• Bold Extended (series 150, 1921), from Miller & Richard
• Bold Condensed Titling (series 166, 1922)
• Light (series 126, 1926)
• Bold (series 216, 1926)
• Grotesque (series 215, 1927, used for sample; adapted from Ideal-Grotesk (a copy of Venus)
• Light Condensed (series 274, 1929)
• Condensed (series 318, 1931)
• Extra Condensed (series 383, 1933), from Turlot
• Condensed Titling (series 523, 1939)
• Bold Titling (series 524, 1939)
• Bold Condensed Titling (series 527, 1939)
[Gill 2020]
Two styles were offered by Letraset as Grotesque 215 and 216.
Bundled under a single family when they were digitized by Adobe and Monotype in 1992. See also Monotype Grotesque Black.
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