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Narrow fonts

Linotype suggest seven condensed (narrow) fonts:

  • Monotype Grotesque Extra Condensed.
  • Helvetica from Max Miedinger, which is similar to Monotype Grotesque, was expanded by Tom Grace to Neue Helvetica with new, extra-narrow compressed styles.
  • Linotype Octane Regular (Norbert Reiners) has truncated tops, square dots and a large x-height.
  • Anzeigen Grotesk (1943, Haas Type Foundry; modern digital version by URW++, 2009) is a minimal contrast extreme x-height grotesque that is legible in very small sizes.
  • ITC Roswell Two (Jim Parkinson) is more geared to posters.
  • Binner Gothic (Monotype).
  • Facade (Steve Matteson). More a display font for large sizes, this font is added to the list for mysterious reasons.

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file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Grotesque M T Extra Condensed 1926 after Berthold Ideal Grotesque


file name: Frank Hinman Pierpont Monotype Grotesque 1926


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014b


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014c


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014d


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014e


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014f


file name: Jim Parkinson I T C Roswell Two


file name: Steve Matteson Josh Hadley Binner Gothic


file name: Steve Matteson Josh Hadley Binner Gothic


file name: Tom Grace Neue Helvetica Compressed 2014g


file name: Norbert Reiners Linotype Octane 1997


file name: Norbert Reiners Linotype Octane 1997b


file name: U R W Anzeigen Grotesk


file name: Haas Anzeigen Grotesk 1943b


file name: Haas Anzeigen Grotesk 1943


file name: Steve Matteson Facade Condensed


file name: Steve Matteson Facade Condensed





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