Morris Fuller Benton – born 30. 11. 1872 in Milwaukee, USA, died 30. 6. 1948 in Morristown, USA – engineer, type designer.
After training as a mechanic and engineer, Benton jointed the ATF, where he became type designer and in-house designer with ATF.
Fonts: Benton developed over 200 alphabets, all of which were published by ATF, including
Century roman (with Theodor Low de Vinne, 1885),
Mariage (1901),
Alternate Gothic (1903),
Franklin Gothic (1903–12),
Cheltenham® (1904),
Clearface® (1907),
News Gothic™ (1908),
Bodoni (1909), Cloister Oldstyle (1913),
Souvenir® (1914),
Garamond® (with T. M. Cleveland, 1914),
Goudy™ bold, 1916,
Century Schoolbook™ (1919), Civilité (1922),
Broadway™ (1928),
Bulmer™ (1928),
Bank Gothic (1930),
Stymie (with S. Hess and G. Powell, 1931), American Text (1932).
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
