Category: Sans-serif Classification:Geometric Century Foundry: Monotype Date created: 1991 Based on:Twentieth Century, , ITC Avant-Garde Gothic Re-issuing foundries: Intertype

Century Gothic is a geometric sans-serif Corporate logos: GMA Network, Arca South, Sam- released by in 1991. It is a digital sung ATIV, Weezer’s “weezer” logo. typeface that has never been made into actual foundry type. Sport: The default typeface on the 2012 Summer Olympic Games medallions. Publishing/government/sustainability: Along with the serif typeface , Century Gothic is one of Films and Video games: Heavily used in the stand- the two that PrintWise, an initiative of the ing sets of Star Trek: Enterprise as part of the Star- U.S. government’s General Services Administration, fleet standards for that television series’ stated time recommends U.S. government workers use for print- period of the 2150s.The main typeface for the video ed documents. The standard title typeface in Key game BioShock. Used briefly throughout the Jak Club publications. Victoria School uses this typeface and Daxter video game series. The main typeface as their official typeface for letters and other print of EA’s third-person shooter, Battlefield Heroes. The material. The main typeface for the Greek Fanzine main typeface of the video game Civilization V. The “Aglaea” interface typeface of the computer game SimCity 5. The console typeface in the video game The Elder TV Shows and credits: The main typeface of The Ellen Scrolls III: Morrowind. CENTURY GOTHIC 48PT DeGeneres Show. The beginning and end credits in the US television series House. The opening titles and Music albums: logo of the Canadian music duo the credits of The Hunger Games. One of the lower Crystal Castles. The band Franz Ferdinand’s logo. thirds graphics for Fox News Channel. Regular REGULAR Regular Italic ITALIC Italic Bold BOLD bold italic CENTURY GOTHIC 10PT CHARACTERISTICS

Regular REGULAR Regular Century Gothic is a geometric sans-serif typeface strongly influenced by the Fu- Italic ITALIC Italic tura, though with a higher x-height. Its de- sign history also derives from two separate Bold BOLD bold typefaces intended as Futura competitors: Twentieth Century and ITC Avant-Garde. Bold Italic BOLD ITALIC Bold Italic NOTE: Century Gothic uses much less ink than other, similar sans-serif typefaces. It was found that Century Gothic uses about 30% less ink than . In order to save money that would be spent on printer ink for other type- CENTURY GOTHIC 14PT faces, the university reportedly switched their default e-mail and printing typeface from Regular REGULAR Regular Arial to Century Gothic. However, the type- face has also been found to use more pa- per—due to its wider letters—meaning that Italic ITALIC Italic the savings on ink are offset by an increase in paper costs. Therefore, when using paper, Bold BOLD bold margins may be adjusted for compensation. It does not feature in either Font: the Bold Italic BOLD ITALIC Bold Italic Sourcebook or 30 Essential Typefaces.

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