Handel Gothic Explained

Handel Gothic
Style:Sans-serif
Classifications:Geometric
Releasedate:1965
Foundry:FotoStar
Latin:yes
Cyrillic:yes
Arabic:yes

Handel Gothic is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed in 1965 by Donald J. Handel (1936–2002), who worked for the graphic designer Saul Bass.[1]

Handel Gothic was an instant success when first released. The typeface was originally distributed in film format by FotoStar and was reissued in the 1980s by Robert Trogman.

The typeface was popular in the 1980s, due to its futuristic design, and even today is used to signify the future; it has been used in the credits of both and as well as the logo for Close Encounters of the Third Kind and the menu text for the 2000 Nintendo 64 game Perfect Dark.

Handel Gothic was also used for the end credits on CBS's The Price Is Right from 1972 to 1981. Handel Gothic was also used for the end credits of Sesame Street (1983-1992).

The Elsner+Flake, Linotype and URW++ versions use a curved leg on uppercase R (like that of Helvetica), a horizontal tail on the uppercase Q (like that of Univers), a curved lower leg on the lowercase k, and a trident-like lowercase w.[2]

The Bitstream and Tilde SIA versions, however, use a thicker 1, a straight leg on the uppercase R (like that of Akzidenz-Grotesk), a straight lower leg on the lowercase k, and a double-v w.

Christian Schwartz designed the Simian Display typeface, inspired from the Handel Gothic typeface, used by American science fiction media franchise Planet of the Apes and available in 3 weights named after primates ("Orangutan" for Regular, "Chimpanzee" for Bold, "Gorilla" for Black)[3]

Thai type designer Anupap Jaichumnan designed the Flatory typeface, which also inspired from the Handel Gothic typeface, available in 4 versions (sans-serif, serif, slab serif, high-contrast sans-serif).[4]

ITC Handel Gothic (2008)

It is a re-proportioned version designed by Rod McDonald, released in March 2008 by International Typeface Corporation.

The original release includes 5 fonts in 5 weights. OpenType features include fractions, ligatures, ordinals, stylistic alternates and subscript/superscript. Italic versions of the fonts were introduced with release of ITC Handel Gothic Pro.

ITC Handel Gothic Pro (2010)

It is a version of ITC Handel Gothic with complementary italic designs, support of Adobe Central Europe character set, addition of ligatures and alternate characters.[5] [6]

Additional OpenType features include localized forms, stylistic set 1.

ITC Handel Gothic Arabic (2015)

It is a version of ITC Handel Gothic for Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages, designed by Nadine Chahine of Monotype Imaging, based on Kufic script.[7]

The font family includes 5 fonts in 5 weights, without italics.

URW++ Handel Slab (2009)

A slab-serif counterpart to URW++ Handel Gothic with three weights (Light, Medium, Bold) and obliques styles to complement them.[8]

Corporate identity uses

External links

ITC Handel Gothic

Notes and References

  1. Donald Young. Fonts & Logos, DelphiPress. /
  2. Web site: Handel Gothic EF™ – Webfont & Desktop font. MyFonts. 25 February 2016.
  3. Web site: Simian - House Industries. House Industries. 21 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Flatory typeface. Jipatype. 18 April 2023. th.
  5. Web site: ITC Handel Gothic Pro - ITCFonts.com . 21 May 2012 . 2015-02-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120521181054/http://www.itcfonts.com/Fonts/NewFonts/2010/ITCHandelGothic.htm . 21 May 2012 .
  6. https://www.linotype.com/6187/itc-handel-gothic.html ITC Handel Gothic – What's old is new again. Master type designer Rod McDonald revives, expands and enhances the Handel Gothic family
  7. http://blog.linotype.com/2015/10/the-popular-itc-handel-gothic-now-forarabic-persian-and-urdu/ The popular ITC Handel Gothic, now for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu
  8. https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/urw/handel-slab/ Handel Slab
  9. Web site: 343 Industries . 343 Industries . 6 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200111114106/https://www.343industries.com/ . 11 January 2020 . en.
  10. Web site: Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Games Halo - Official Site . www.halowaypoint.com . 6 February 2020 . https://archive.today/20200206175352/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-anniversary . 6 February 2020.
  11. Web site: Halo: Combat Evolved manual . Bungie . 6 February 2020 . https://archive.today/20200206173332/https://halo.bungie.net/images/games/halo/about/xbox_manual.pdf . 6 February 2020.
  12. Web site: Corporate Design Manual – ADFC . adfc.de . 30 November 2009 . 2015-06-24 . 24 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624163004/http://www.adfc.de/files/2/54/55/091216_handbuch-ADFC.pdf . dead .
  13. Web site: Brand Identity – Arkon . Scribd.com . 29 July 2007 . 2013-08-15.
  14. Web site: English: Canon EOS logo . 7 September 2007 .
  15. Web site: Robotnik Automation.
  16. Web site: Inside Retail.
  17. Web site: Download Logos and Icons . 5 October 2022 . PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor .
  18. Web site: Isa Munang Patalastas: 239. A New Corporate Logo for San Miguel Corporation, 1975 . 7 September 2019 .
  19. Web site: Aerosite – United Airlines- A Branding Evolution . 19 March 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216051020/http://www.aerosite.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1793&Itemid=52 . 16 December 2008 .
  20. Web site: ZDF, Corporate Design Styleguide. Design Tagebuch. Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. 25 February 2016.

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