American Typewriter is a slab serif typeface created in 1974 by Joel Kaden and Tony Stan for International Typeface Corporation. It is based on the slab serif style of typewriters; however, unlike most true typewriter fonts, it is a proportional design: the characters do not all have the same width. American Typewriter is often used to suggest an old-fashioned or industrial image. It was originally released in cold type (photocomposition) before being released digitally. Like many ITC fonts, it has a range of four weights from light to bold (with matching italics) and separate condensed styles. Some releases do not have italics.
Typewriters have a vintage
appeal with qualities that just
can't be dublicated; they have an old-timey charm attractive to a few users even today.
American Typewriter, Condensed, 14pt
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
QRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwzyz
0123456789
American Typewriter, Light, 14pt
ABCDEFGHIJKL
MNOPQRSTU
WXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
That’s why as typewriter popularity began to dwindle in the 1970s, two men were dedicated to preserving one element of the iconic writing tool. Joel Kaden and Tony Stan created the American Typewriter font in 1974 for International Typeface Corporation. It was issued in honor of the 100th anniversary of the invention of the typewriter. The slab serif typeface was meant to mimic the text created by the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, which dates back nearly 100 years before the font was created. Sholes’s typewriter was the first one to use a QWERTY keyboard, which was designed so common letter combinations are spaced out so they don’t jam.
American Typewriter, Bold, 10ptsABCDEFGHIJKL
MNOPQ
RSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijkl
mnoopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
American Typewriter, Regular, 10ptABCDEFGHIJKLM
NOPQRSTUVXYZ
abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz
0123456789
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Classification:
Slab Serif
Designers:
