Gotham (typeface)

The Gotham font was designed by Tobias Frere -Jones in 2000. At first glance, the Gotham of classic sans serif fonts from the German-speaking and the Avenir. So the writing is influenced by the Futura and Akzidenz-Grotesk. The font in the wake of the presidential election in the United States in 2008 became known. , Where the font for the election of Barack Obama was used. As a result, the font was used particularly in the English speaking often. When selecting the 100 best fonts of FontShops the font was ranked 41st Scripture is particularly suitable for headlines. Due to the breadth of their letters, the font is used sparingly as a text font. In the German-speaking area of the success of the script was much lower. So used, no party in the German language the font for political communication and the redesign of the star has decided against Gotham and for the font metric. Use is the font for the campaigns of the TV channel VOX.

Classification of Scripture

• Hans Peter Willenberg would classify them in his classification matrix as static Grotesque

Use the font (examples)

• Examples of the use of Gotham

Logo of the ORF one

Logo of the Turkish airline Turkish Airlines

Arnaud Montebourg used for his candidacy for the Socialist Party, the Gotham in 2012.

Slogan for Barack Obama " Change" ( or change change)

Logo of McFit

Logo of the Italian party Scelta Civica. Mario Monti was in 2013 leading candidate of the party in the parliamentary elections in Italy.

Logo of the TV show Gottschalk live