 A London Underground map with text in the New Johnston typeface. Johnston (or Johnston Sans) is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by and named after Edward Johnston. The capitals of the typeface are based on Roman 'square capitals', and the lower-case on the 'humanistic minuscule', the handwriting in use in Italy in the fifteenth century. In this, it marked a break with the kinds of sans serif previously used, sometimes known as 'Grotesque' which tended to have squarer shapes. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 199 KB)Johnston Sans printing blocks, seen in Londons Transport Museum, 2004-09-04. ...
Download high resolution version (1168x1760, 199 KB)Johnston Sans printing blocks, seen in Londons Transport Museum, 2004-09-04. ...
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In typography, a sans-serif or sans serif (sometimes just sans) typeface is one that does not have the small features called serifs at the end of strokes. ...
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Lower case or minuscule letters are the smaller form of letters, as opposed to capital letters: for example, the letter a is lower case while the letter A is a capital. ...
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The typeface was commissioned in 1913 by Frank Pick, Commercial Manager of the London Electric Railway Company (also known as 'The Underground Group'), as part of his plan to strengthen the company's corporate identity. In 1933, The Underground Group become a major part of London Transport and the typeface was adopted for the complete network. Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Frank Pick (23 November 1878 - 7 November 1941) was Managing Director of the Underground Group from 1928 and Chief Executive of the London Passenger Transport Board from its creation in 1933 until 1940. ...
The Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited (UERL) was the holding company, for three of the new deep-level tube underground railway lines constructed in London in the first decade of the 20th century. ...
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Its use has included the Tube map, name plates and general station signing, as well as much of the printed material issued by the Underground Group and its successors. Features of the font are the perfect circle of the letter O and the use of a diamond-shaped dot above minuscule letters i and j and for the full stop. Commas, apostrophes and other punctuation marks are also based on the diamond-shaped dot. Tube map is the commonly-used name for the schematic diagram that represents the lines, stations, and zones of Londons rapid transit rail system, the London Underground. ...
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The term punctuation has two different linguistic meanings: in general, the act and the effect of punctuating, i. ...
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Johnston's former student Eric Gill also worked on the development of the typeface[citation needed], and the design was later to influence his Gill Sans typeface, produced 1928–1932. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (February 22, 1882–November 17, 1940) was a British sculptor, typographer and engraver. ...
Gill Sans is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill in 1927-30. ...
Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Frank Pick later commissioned Percy Delf Smith (another former pupil) to draw up a 'petit-serif' adaptation of the typeface, originally for the headquarters building at 55 Broadway, SW1. It can still be seen on some signs at Sudbury Town and Arnos Grove on the Piccadilly line. In early 2007, an electronic version of the typeface was developed, Johnston Delf Smith, specifically for use on historic signs. Frank Pick (23 November 1878 - 7 November 1941) was Managing Director of the Underground Group from 1928 and Chief Executive of the London Passenger Transport Board from its creation in 1933 until 1940. ...
Petit-serifs are small serifs, which are attached to regular sans-serif fonts. ...
Sudbury Town tube station is on the Piccadilly Line, in Travelcard Zone 4, between Sudbury Hill and Alperton. ...
Arnos Grove tube station is a tube station on the Piccadilly line, in Travelcard Zone 4. ...
Johnston Delf Smith is a humanist sans-serif typeface developed by Transport for London. ...
The Johnston typeface was redesigned in 1979 by Eiichi Kono at Banks & Miles to produce New Johnston, the variant of the original font currently used by London Underground. The new font is slightly heavier or bolder than the original. The font Paddington is similar to it. Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
See also Rail Alphabet is a font designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert for British Railways. ...
The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...
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This is a list of typefaces used for signage in public areas, such as roads and airports. ...
External links - Transport for London - Font requests
- London Transport Museum page on Johnston Sans
- Identifont page for ITC Johnston
- Eiichi Kono, New Johnston; from Pen to Printer, Edward Johnston Foundation, 2003.
- London's Transport Museum Photographic Archive
- Example of Johnston font used on an information sign
- Example of condensed form Johnston font used on a bus blind
- Example of sign with 'petit-serif' version of Johnston
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