Monotype Grotesque
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Monotype Grotesque is a family of sans-serif typefaces released by the Monotype Corporation for its hot metal typesetting system. It belongs to the grotesque or industrial genre of early sans-serif designs. Like many early sans-serifs, it forms a sprawling family designed at different times.[1][2]
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Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | Grotesque sans-serif |
Designer(s) | Frank Hinman Pierpont |
Foundry | Monotype Corporation |
Date released | 1926 |
Re-issuing foundries | Stephenson Blake, Adobe Type, Linotype |
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The family was popular in British trade printing, especially its series 215 and 216 regular and bold weights from around 1926, which have been credited to its American-born engineering manager Frank Hinman Pierpont. Several weights have been digitised.