font_designer: Morris Benton

Odalisque Stencil NF

Odalisque Stencil NF font

Here’s a stencil version of another Nick’s Fonts typeface based on Chic, a Morris Fuller Benton creation for American Type Founders from the 1920s. Stylish and sophisticated as always, and now with an arts-and-crafts...

Highpoint Gothic NF

Highpoint Gothic NF font

Morris Fuller Benton’s 1935 offering from ATF, entitled Raleigh Gothic Condensed, inspired this ultracompact masterpiece. Benton’s alternate characters are included in several lowercase positions, to add a little Art Deco sparkle to this versatile…

Uncle Sam Slim NF

Uncle Sam Slim NF font

Based on Morris Fuller Benton’s 1905 oeuvre American Extra Condensed, this titling face packs a lot of information into very little horizontal space. Its champfered corners give the font an industrial feel which remains...

Telenovela NF

Telenovela NF font

Here’s a retooling of the Art Deco classic Novel Gothic, designed by Morris Fuller Benton and Charles H. Becker for American Type Founders in 1929. We’ve added a little sparkle to this classic with...

Kenotaph NF

Kenotaph NF font

This willowy wonder is based on Morris Fuller Benton’s Stymie Obelisk, one in a series of typefaces he designed for American Type Founders in the 1930s. An obvious choice when real estate is at...

Canterbury Old Style

Canterbury Old Style font

This family has been replaced by the newer Canterbury Old Style Pro. The family was redrawn and refined in 2017, and features extended character sets that support Western, Central, and Eastern European languages. In...

Franklin Gothic Pro

Franklin Gothic Pro font

The original Franklin Gothic was designed in 1903 by Morris Fuller Benton. Franklin Gothic is named after Benjamin Franklin, America’s greatest printer. Our Franklin Gothic Black Condensed is unique because it is designed to...

Canterbury Old Style Pro

Canterbury Old Style Pro font

Canterbury Old Style Pro is a two-weight serif font family with a small x-height. In 1920, Morris F. Benton designed the original weight for American Type Founders (ATF). Raymond Vatter and Steve Jackaman produced...

LTC Globe Gothic

LTC Globe Gothic font

This series of faces was designed initially by Morris Fuller Benton, circa 1900. The design is a refinement of Taylor Gothic from 1897. It features a sans serif thick and thin design with angular...

LTC Cloister

LTC Cloister font

Designed by Morris Fuller Benton 1913-15, this Oldstyle family was digitized by Jim Rimmer in the early 2000’s. It is a roman face closely styled to that of Nicholas Jensen’s with a companion italic...