Spartan (typeface)

Spartan
Category Sans-serif
Classification Geometric sans-serif
Date released 1939
Design based on Futura
Trademark Linotype

Spartan is a geometric sans-serif typeface created by staff designers of Mergenthaler Linotype Company as a direct competitor to Bauer's Futura. The face was made for machine composition by Linotype, while identical foundry type was issued by American Type Founders.[1] Testing by Bausch & Lomb, after the creation of Spartan in 1951, determined it to be the "most readable" typeface of the time.[2]

References

  1. ^ MacGrew, Mac, American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, ISBN 0-938768-34-4, p. 287
  2. ^ "Our New Spartan Face is Here". The Deseret News (South Salt Lake City, Utah): pp. 8A. 27 November 1961.