It wasn’t until Mark van Bronkhorst-along with Alan Dague-Greene, David Sudweeks, and Ben Kiel-set out to reinterpret ATF’s typefaces that modern designers could use these classics effectively in their work. Naturally, the shift to digital type and desktop publishing brought on many ATF copycats and poor revivals. As the most prominent type foundry of the metal era, ATF was the go-to for handset type in the United States for the first part of the 20th century.ĪTF also led the way in technical developments in both design and production for decades, establishing the backbone of the American typographic texture. Here’s a look at some new designs featuring these timeless designs.įormed in 1892 as a consolidation of 23 independent type foundries, the American Type Founders (ATF) catalog serves as the basis for many of today’s most popular typefaces. Thanks to the ATF Collection’s digital revivals, classic American Type Founders faces have reentered the popular typographic discourse.
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