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Johnston (typeface)

Johnston (or Johnston Sans) is a sans-serif typeface designed by and named after Edward Johnston. The typeface was commissioned in 1913 by Frank Pick, commercial manager of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (also known as 'The Underground Group'), as part of his plan to strengthen the company's corporate identity. Johnston was…

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Also known as
Underground, Johnston's Railway Type
Category
Sans-serif
Classification
Humanist
Date created
1916
Designer
Edward Johnston
Variations
New Johnston Johnston Delf Smith Johnston 100 P22 Underground ITC Johnston London Tube

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Edges71
Triples20
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
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Also known as · 1
Johnston (typeface) → Underground, Johnston's Railway Type
Category · 1
Johnston (typeface) → Sans-serif
Classification · 1
Johnston (typeface) → Humanist
Date created · 1
Johnston (typeface) → 1916
Designer · 1
Johnston (typeface) → Edward Johnston
Variations · 1
Johnston (typeface) → New Johnston Johnston Delf Smith Johnston 100 P22 Underground ITC Johnston London Tube

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johnston london typeface underground johnston's transport new type design sans sans-serif also original fonts font used use gill bold signs

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Johnston (typeface)Also known asUnderground, Johnston's Railway Type1.00infobox
Johnston (typeface)CategorySans-serif1.00infobox
Johnston (typeface)ClassificationHumanist1.00infobox
Johnston (typeface)Date created19161.00infobox
Johnston (typeface)DesignerEdward Johnston1.00infobox
Johnston (typeface)VariationsNew Johnston Johnston Delf Smith Johnston 100 P22 Underground ITC Johnston London Tube1.00infobox
those on the Column of Trajaninstance ofFeaturesThe capitals of the typeface are based on Roman square capitals0.80text
and the lower-case on traditional serif fontsinstance ofFeaturesThe capitals of the typeface are based on Roman square capitals0.80text
its order numberinstance ofwhich was at first often referred to by other names0.80text
Series 238instance ofwhich was at first often referred to by other names0.80text
Gill Sans-serifinstance ofwhich was at first often referred to by other names0.80text
or Monotype Sans-serifinstance ofwhich was at first often referred to by other names0.80text

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