Gotham is a geometric sans-serif typeface family designed by American type designer Tobias Frere-Jones with Jesse Ragan and released through the Hoefler & Frere-Jones foundry from 2002. Gotham's letterforms were inspired by examples of …

Gotham — Every designer has admired the no-nonsense letters of the urban environment. From these humble beginnings came Gotham, a hard-working typeface for the ages.

By 2013, after the Motion Picture Association adopted Gotham Bold as the standard typeface for the ‘trailer tag’ announcing a film’s mpaa rating, the trailer for every movie in wide release would begin with a five second hold on a screen full of Gotham.

An unmannered sans serif with a large lowercase, clear gestures, and generous fit, Gotham is naturally at home in the widest range of sizes. Owing to its short ascenders and descenders, Gotham sits ‘large on the body,’ appearing bigger than expected at …

Aug 8, 2020 · The Gotham font's popularity made it the most used typeface of the 21st Century and probably the most recognizable too. From being the number one choice for rebranding to becoming the Obama font in the 2008 presidential elections, the Gotham font came in strong.

Gotham — Every designer has admired the no-nonsense letters of the urban environment. From these humble beginnings came Gotham, a hard-working typeface for the ages.

Jul 22, 2009 · Perhaps most well known from the successful Obama ’08 presidential campaign, Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ Gotham has been referred to as the typeface of the decade—and it’s the subject of the fourth installment in our ‘Know your type’ series.

May 3, 2022 · That’s why we have been known to reach for what USA Today has declared the “font of the decade,” Gotham. Real-world examples of Gotham font in Action: What better way to exemplify the ethos of this typeface than to give some design and branding examples from a few of our partners at Kinetic Marketing & Creative.

Oct 25, 2020 · Typeface designer Tobias Frere-Jones, a partner with Hoefler & Co at the time, chose Gotham as the name for the sans serif font he created in 2000. It was GQ who had actually commissioned this new font.

Gotham in use. Designed in 2000 by Tobias Frere-Jones [H&FJ] with Jesse Ragan (from 2001), following a commission from Arem Duplessis at GQ [Hoefler].