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Franklin Gothic London Sign Writer Nick Garrett

Long over shadowed by Gill sans and Helvetica, Franklin Gothic is now making a comeback.

ROCKY Franklin Gothic London Sign Writer Nick Garrett

Its slightly grave graphic profile and retro appeal is now creating a cool option for type setters, designers and creatives.

History

Franklin Gothic and its related faces are realist sans-serif typefaces originated by Morris Fuller Benton (1872–1948) in 1902. “Gothic” is an increasingly archaic term meaning sans-serif. Franklin Gothic has been used in many advertisements and headlines in newspapers. The typeface continues to maintain a high profile, appearing in a variety of media from books to billboards. Despite a period of eclipse in the 1930s, after the introduction of such European faces as Kabel and Futura, they were re-discovered by American designers in the 1940s and have remained popular ever since.

In 1979, under license with ATF, Vic Caruso began work on more weights of the…

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Nick Garrett Margate & London Traditional Signwriting & Glass Gilding

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The North Downs, 1916<br /><br />
Advertising poster<br /><br />
Design: E. McKnight Kauffer<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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The North Downs, 1916
Advertising poster
Design: E. McKnight Kauffer
© TfL/London’s Transport Museum

Reigate, 1916<br /><br />
Advertising poster<br /><br />
Design: E. McKnight Kauffer<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Reigate, 1916
Advertising poster
Design: E. McKnight Kauffer
© TfL/London’s Transport Museum

Original drawing for the London Underground roundel symbol<br /><br />
Design: Edward Johnston<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Original drawing for the London Underground roundel symbol
Design: Edward Johnston
© TfL/London’s Transport Museum

Harry Beck in 1965, holding one of his 1931 sketches of the diagrammatic London Underground map<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Harry Beck in 1965, holding one of his 1931 sketches of the diagrammatic London Underground map
© TfL/London’s Transport Museum

Thanks to the Underground, 1935<br /><br />
Advertising poster<br /><br />
Design: Zero (Hans Schleger)<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Thanks to the Underground, 1935
Advertising poster
Design: Zero (Hans Schleger)
© TfL/London’s Transport Museum

Come out to Live, Come in to Play, 1936<br /><br />
Advertising poster<br /><br />
Design: Paul Nash<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Your Fare from This Station, 1936<br /><br />
Advertising poster<br /><br />
Design: Laszlo Moholy-Nagy<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Go out into the Country, 1938<br /><br />
Advertising poster<br /><br />
Design: Graham Sutherland<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Original Diamond Diagonal - Chevron, c.1938<br /><br />
Design: Enid Marx<br /><br />
Upholstery fabric<br /><br />
© TfL/London's Transport Museum</p><br />
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Arnos Grove station booking hall after its construction in…

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