HWT Unit Gothic was designed by James Todd and published by Hamilton Wood Type Foundry. HWT Unit Gothic contains 7 styles and family package options.
The Unit Gothic series was released by Hamilton Manufacturing Co. in 1907. This sans serif family features one of the first multi width/weight type ‘systems’ anticipating the Univers font system by 50 years. This set of 7 fonts was designed to aid in press room efficiency and with its incremental variation in widths gave poster printers unprecedented flexibility in fitting copy while using consistently harmonious fonts. This HWT release is the first ever digital version of these fonts. Each font contains 600 glyphs including Greek and Cyrillic character sets as well as alternate characters which are based on the actual special character production patterns from the Hamilton Wood Type Museum collection.
HWT Unit Gothic system features:
•HWT Unit Gothic 716 – 50% wider
•HWT Unit Gothic 717 – 25% wider
•HWT Unit Gothic 718 – (Standard width which others are based on)
•HWT Unit Gothic 719 – 25% narrower
•HWT Unit Gothic 720 – 50% narrower
•HWT Unit Gothic 721 – 62.5% narrower
•HWT Unit Gothic 722 – 75% narrower
