Manhattan ITC

Manhattan ITC Manhattan ITC
details about the font
Name Manhattan ITC [wrong?]
Style Regular [wrong?]
category Serifenlose Linear-Antiqua [wrong?]
designer(s) Tom Carnase [wrong?]
foundry Linotype Design Studio [wrong?]
date released 1970 [wrong?]
details about the photo
author HKS
date January 18, 2012 – 18:10
place Hohe Straße 6,
44137 Dortmund,
Deutschland

more information about the font

Manhattan was designed in 1970 for ITC by Tom Carnase, who also created Avant Garde Gothic. The distinguishing characteristic of this designer's work is found in the emphasis on the thick-thin constrast. In this case, Carnase approached the border of the impossible. The heavy vertical strokes stand opposite the finest of lines and the thick columns dominate the overall look. The basic forms are strictly constructed, as are those of Morris F. Benton's Broadway of 1925, to which many parallels can be found. Manhattan is best used for applications which will not be placed too far from the viewer, as at too great a distance the fine lines can no longer be seen. It should be used exclusively for headlines in medium point sizes.


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