Morris Fuller Benton | |
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| Born | November 30, 1872 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | June 30, 1948 (aged 75) Morristown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Occupation(s) | Type designer, business executive |
| Employer | American Type Founders |
| Spouses | Mary Ethel Bottum (died 1920)Katrina Ten Eck Wheeler
(m. 1923) |
| Relatives | Linn Boyd Benton |
Morris Fuller Benton (November 30, 1872 – June 30, 1948) was an American typeface designer who headed the design department of the American Type Founders (ATF), for which he was the chief type designer from 1900 to 1937.[1][2][3][4]
Many of Benton's designs, such as his large family of related sans-serif or "gothic" typefaces, including Alternate Gothic, Franklin Gothic, and News Gothic, are still in everyday use.
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- ^ Cost, Patricia. "The Contributions of Linn Boyd Benton and Morris Fuller Benton to the Technology of Typesetting and Typeface Design" (MSc thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology). Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Morphy, Marcia. "RIT Publishes Historical Book on the Bentons and Their Typeface Legacy". Rochester Institute of Technology. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ^ Cost, Patricia. "Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, and Typemaking at ATF" (PDF). Klingspor Museum. Retrieved 5 September 2016.