Gorton (typeface)

Sample of the typeface Gorton Normal from the George Gorton Machine Co. catalogue

Gorton is a monoline typeface designed by the British company Taylor, Taylor, & Hobson as a routing font for engraved legends on their products. They licensed it for use by the George Gorton Machine Co. of Racine, Wisconsin in 1895, who used it for their templates for their engraving machines under the name 'Gorton'.[1][2]

It became ubiquitous through its use on engraved signs and electronic equipment, including computer keyboards and aviation equipment.[3][4]

The Gorton font family was specified in the U.S. military standard MIL-M-18012B for use in aviation equipment.[5] It was also recommended for aviation and workstation uses at NASA.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Sandlin, Jennifer (2025-02-19). "Gorton: a ubiquitous typeface you may never have heard of". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  2. ^ "Gorton Machine Co. patent licensing deal between George Gorton Machine, Co. and Taylor, Taylor & Hobson, 1895". gorton-machine.org. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-19.
  3. ^ List, Jenny (2025-02-16). "You Know This Font, But You Don't Really Know It". Hackaday. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. ^ Wichary, Marcin. "The hardest working font in Manhattan". aresluna.org. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  5. ^ "MIL-M-18012B Design and Configuration of Markings For Aircrew Displays" (PDF). U.S. Department of Defense.
  6. ^ Kubokawa, C.; Selby, P.; Woodson, W. (1969-11-01). "Databook for human factors engineers. Volume 1 - Human engineering data". ntrs.nasa.gov.
  7. ^ "Man-Systems Integration Standards Revision B: Workstations". msis.jsc.nasa.gov. July 1995. Archived from the original on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-03-20.

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