About the Font
Franklin Gothic Font is a sans-serif typeface designed by the head designer of American Type Founders (ATF), Morris Fuller Benton in 1902. The font was named in honour of Benjamin Franklin; however, it has no connection to the early American statesman and typesetter. Benton designed 5 variants of the font which were released between 1904 and 1913. Later a Condensed Italic style was added by Whedon Davis and a Wide style by John L. Renshaw. The font was re-established by American designers in the nineteen forties. Victor Caruso added four weights to the typeface in both roman and italics which includes Book, Medium, Demi and Heavy in 1979. The expanded version by ITC (International Typeface Corporation) was released in 1980. Furthermore, David Berlow included Condensed, Compressed and Extra Compressed widths in 1991.
Franklin Gothic font contains a robust modern appearance. The style of the font is inspired by the European typefaces named ‘Kabel’ and ‘Futura’. Franklin Gothic features two-storied ‘a’ and ‘g’, subtle contrast of thick and thin strokes, large lowercase x-height and narrow round strokes blending into its stems. The font is available in Microsoft Windows. It is one of the most popular sans serif typefaces.
The gothic font is only available for personal usage and can not be used for any kind of commercial purpose. You can download this elegant font free on our website by scrolling down to the download section.
Usage
This century-old font has been used for many notable places such as headlines and article titles of Time Magazine and The New York Times, subtitles of the Star Wars movies, branding of Columbia College Chicago, texts of the video game called ‘You Don’t Know Jack’, display numbers in the Indian Premier League etc.
The bold sans-serif typeface is an ideal font for displaying and headlines. It is a popular font for highlighting texts, logos, banners and advertisements. The timeless font has a clear design, legibility and balanced weights that make it a perfect font for both formal and informal content and it’s sure to leave a lasting impression on the readers.
License Information
Franklin Gothic Font is free to use for personal purposes only. You need to buy the license to use the font commercially.
Font Information
| Name | Franklin Gothic Font |
| Style | Sans-serif |
| Designer | Morris Fuller Benton |
| File Format | TTF |
| License | Free for Personal Use |
| Type | Regular |
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Similar to Franklin Gothic Font
The followings are similar fonts:
- Tazugane Gothic Heavy Font
- Trade Gothic Font
- Halyard Font
- Tablet Gothic Font
- National Font
- Alternate Gothic Font
- Benton Sans Font
- Maple Font
Font Family
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro CnBk
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro CnBkIt
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro CnMd
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro CnMdIt
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro CnDm
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro CnDmIt
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro Book Compressed
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro Book Compressed Italic
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro Book Extra Compressed
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro Demi Compressed
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro Demi Compressed Italic
- ITC Franklin Gothic LT Pro Demi Extra Compressed
Font Pairing
The font can be paired with:
- Baskerville Font
- Kepler Font
- Orpheus Font
- Gopher Font
- Plantin Font
- Mencken Font
- Garamond Font
- GT Pressura Mono Font
- GT Super Font
- Titling Gothic Font
- Cheltenham Font
- Freight Sans Font
Supported Language
The font is supported by these languages:
English, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Asturian, Basque, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Corsican, Danish, Dutch, Faroese, Fijian, Finnish, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gaelic (Scottish), Galician, German, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Papiamentu, Portuguese, Kinyarwanda (Ruanda), Kirundi (Rundi), Ladin, Luxembourgian, Malay (Latin), Norwegian, Occitan, Oromo (Afan, Galla), Quechua, Rhaeto-Romance, Sardinian, Shona, Somali, Spanish, Swahili (Kiswahili), Swedish, Uighur, Tagalog, Tsonga, Tswana, Walloon, Xhosa, Zulu.
Font FAQs
Ans: It is a bold sans-serif typeface designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1902.
Ans: You can safely download this font on both PC and MAC.
Ans: You can safely use this font on any online platform.
Ans: No, this font is free for personal usage. You will need a license for commercial use.
Ans: Check the instructions of your PC or Mac guidebook to download Franklin Gothic Font on your computer.
Font information
Font Name: Franklin Gothic
Designer: Morris Fuller Benton
License: Free For Personal Use
| Classification | Sans-Serif |
| Release/ Publishing Date | 1904 |
| Version | 1.000 |
| Glyph count | 232 |
| Character | 229 |
| Format | TrueType and OpenType |
| Character Ranges | Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Edended-A, Latin Extended B, Spacing Modifier Letters, and more. |
| Copyright | © 1991 Digital Typeface Corp. All Rights Reserved. |
| Other Typefaces By The Designer: | Century Old Style, LTC Globe Gothic, News Gothic, Hobo, etc. |
| Similar Font | ITC Franklin Black, News Gothic No. 2 Black, Plymouth Serial Heavy, Gothic Number Sixteen Regular, etc. |