Cheltenham

Cheltenham is a typeface for display use designed in 1896 by architect Bertram Goodhue and Ingalls Kimball, director of the Cheltenham Press. The original drawings were known as Boston Old Style and were made about 14" high. These drawings were then turned over to Morris Fuller Benton at American Type Founders (ATF) who developed it into a final design. Trial cuttings were made as early as 1899 but the face was not complete until 1902. The face was patented by Kimball in 1904. Later the basic face was spun out into an extensive type family by Morris Fuller Benton. Cheltenham is not based on a single historical model, and shows influences of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Originally intended as a text face, "Chelt" became hugely successful as the "king of the display faces." Part of the face's huge popularity is because, as it has elements of both an old style and transitional face, a Cheltenham headline complements virtually any body type. The overwhelming popularity of the face for display purposes lasted until the advent of the geometric sans-serif typefaces of the 1930s. Foundry Type The following versions were available in foundry type: ATF's Cheltenham series Cheltenham (1903, Bertram Goodhue, Ingalls Kimball, Morris Fuller Benton and/or Joseph W. Phinney) Cheltenham Bold (1903, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Bold Condensed (1904, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Bold Italic + Cheltenham Bold Condensed Italic + Cheltenham Wide + Cheltenham Bold Outline (1905, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Bold Extra Condensed + Cheltenham Bold Extended (1906, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Inline + Cheltenham Inline Extra Condensed Cheltenham Inline Extended (1907, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Oldstyle Condensed + Cheltenham Medium (1909, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Medium Italic + Cheltenham Extra Bold (1910, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Bold Shaded + Cheltenham Bold Italic Shaded + Cheltenham Extra Bold Shaded (1912, Morris Fuller Benton) Cheltenham Medium Condensed + Cheltenham Medium Expanded (1913, Morris Fuller Benton) Venetian (1911, Morris Fuller Benton) was originally called Cheltenham #2, but its resemlance to the original face was only slight. Linotype, Monotype, and Ludlow all produced their own Cheltenham''' under that name and with almost as many variations as ATF. A few new variations were added: Cheltenham Cursive (R.