Industry: Design

Royal Gothic Family

Single style expanded to seven weights with italics

Royal Gothic revives a boxy sans-serif that first appeared in Britain around 1880, expanding it from a single style into a seven-weight family with matching italics. Drawn by Paul Barnes with Luke Charsley and Tim Ripper, it preserves the character of its era while accommodating contemporary typographic requirements.

Set in Royal Gothic

Insights

Lowercase letters are predominantly square, but the 's' retains a grotesque form; apart from the 'S', the capitals are compact.
Despite first appearing in London, the typeface carried an American name and quickly spread across both Europe and the United States.
Origins remain obscure; the typeface stayed in circulation well into the twentieth century.