Typeface · Other
Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Sol Hess for Lanston Monotype in 1937.
About Twentieth Century
Twentieth Century is a geometric sans-serif typeface designed by Sol Hess for Lanston Monotype in 1937. It was created as a competitor to the successful Futura typeface for Monotype's hot metal typesetting system. Like Futura, it has a single-story 'a' and a straight 'j' with no bend. A very large font family, Twentieth Century is particularly known for a limited range of styles being bundled with many Microsoft products such as Office. Numerous other variants exist, including versions for very small text and an Art Deco-influenced titling capitals design, Twentieth Century Poster, with rounded capitals. In addition, Twentieth Century served as an inspiration for Century Gothic, designed by Monotype in 1991.[1]
From the Wikipedia article “Twentieth Century (typeface)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Twentieth Century in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q7857698 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).