Category | Sans Serif |
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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