Hobo (typeface)

Hobo
Category Sans Serif
Classification Display
Designer(s) Morris Fuller Benton
Foundry American Type Founders
Date created 1910
Date released 1910 + 1915
Re-issuing foundries Intertype
Trademark 1915

Hobo is a sans serif typeface. It is unique in having virtually no straight lines and no descenders. It was created by Morris Fuller Benton in 1910 with a light version, Light Hobo released in 1915. Matrices were offered for mechanical composition by Intertype.

Digital versions of this face are often found in the Mac Operating System

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