Clearface Gothic Font

Morris Fuller Benton designed Clearface Gothic for American Type Founders. The publisher places the original release between 1907 and 1910 and notes subsequent variations. This family is distinct from the serif ITC Clearface interpretation.

Read the publisher’s family page for the source account and the edition currently offered. Keep a family name distinct from its particular release, width or optical branch.

The linked URW edition lists Regular, Bold, Extra Bold and Regular Round resources. Examine the selected edition’s shapes and language coverage instead of treating every resource carrying Clearface in its name as a weight of the same font.

Use the original publisher specimen to inspect those features. An alternative can share a broad role without having the same letter shapes, metrics or character coverage.

Try an advertising heading and a short paragraph. Libre Franklin and Source Sans 3 offer independent sans-serif comparisons. Check the round forms, spacing and emphasized text at the actual output size.

For independent comparisons, try Libre Franklin and Source Sans 3. Use the same wording and approximate output size. The related style guide provides broader design context.

Use URW Type Foundry on MyFonts to try the original and investigate the files, styles and terms for your intended workflow. This site does not distribute or serve Clearface Gothic font software.

The editable alternatives here have their own source profiles and included licenses. For the difference between a font file and copied characters, read Unicode text versus fonts.