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Bell (typeface) - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Back, Beard, Belly, Body, Cap, Capital, Case, Counter, Descender, Em, En, Face, Feet, Font, Groove, Italic, Letter, Ligature, Logotype, Majuscule, Minuscule, Nick |
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Bell is a family of typefaces designed for the Bell Telephone Company for use in telephone directories. It is designed for optimum legibility at small print sizes and on inferior quality paper to keep down production costs for telephone directories.
The principal typefaces in the family are:
- Bell Gothic, designed in 1938 by Chauncey H. Griffith
- Bell Centennial, designed in 1978 by Matthaew Carter
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