Handel Gothic is a

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typeface designed in 1965 by Donald J. Handel (1936–2002), who worked for the graphic designer

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. Handel Gothic was an instant success when first released. The typeface was originally distributed in film format by FotoStar and was reissued in the 1980s by Robert Trogman. The typeface was popular in the 1980s, due to its futuristic design, and even today is used to signify the future; it has been used in the credits of both '' Star Trek: Voyager'' and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' as well as the logo for ''

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''. Handel Gothic was also used for the end credits on

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's ''

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'' from 1972 to 1981. Handel Gothic was also used for the end credits of

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(1983-1992). The Elsner+Flake, Linotype and URW++ versions use a curved leg on uppercase R (like that of

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), a horizontal tail on the uppercase Q (like that of

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), a curved lower leg on the lowercase k, and a trident-like lowercase w. The Bitstream and Tilde SIA versions, however, use a thicker 1, a straight leg on the uppercase R (like that of

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), a straight lower leg on the lowercase k, and a double-v w.

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designed the Simian Display typeface, inspired from the Handel Gothic typeface, with OpenType features.

Handel Gothic Cyrillic

It is a version by Tilde SIA with Cyrillic support. The family includes 1 font.

ITC Handel Gothic (2008)

It is a re-proportioned version designed by Rod McDonald, released in March 2008 by

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. The original release includes 5 fonts in 5 weights. OpenType features include fractions, ligatures, ordinals, stylistic alternates and subscript/superscript. Italic versions of the fonts were introduced with release of ITC Handel Gothic Pro.

ITC Handel Gothic Pro (2010)

It is a version of ITC Handel Gothic with complementary italic designs, support of Adobe Central Europe character set, addition of ligatures and alternate characters. Additional OpenType features include localized forms, stylistic set 1.

ITC Handel Gothic Arabic (2015)

It is a version of ITC Handel Gothic for Arabic, Persian and Urdu languages, designed by

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of Monotype Imaging, based on

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script. The font family includes 5 fonts in 5 weights, without italics.

URW++ Handel Slab (2009)

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counterpart to URW++ Handel Gothic with three weights (Light, Medium, Bold) and obliques styles to complement them.

Corporate identity uses

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, the current developer of the ''

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franchise, have used Handel Gothic in their logo since their first game, '' Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary'', released in 2011. This follows the font being used in the first game in the ''Halo'' series, '' Halo: Combat Evolved'' (in menus in-game, and in the game's instruction manual), which was developed by

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and released in 2001. *ADFC –

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, the German NGO, supporting cycling, uses Handel Gothic as their corporate logo font. *

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/ AMC Eagle car model emblem from 1980 until 1987, used for the name of the car model

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. *Arkon Technologies – Handel Gothic Light *Basic/Four Corporation *Canon EOS autofocus photographic cameras line emblem since 1987, used for the name of the camera line

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. *

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, a

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, uses Handel Gothic in its logo. * Cinemax Studios (now GMA Pictures) Used the font in 1997 until June 24, 1998 *''

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'', logo font Handel Gothic, logo since 2006. *

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– The Walt Disney Company used Handel Gothic in the logo of

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from 1983 to 1986. The font was also used on the

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logo Neon Mickey from 1983 to 1986 and the clamshells from Walt Disney Home Video usually from 1980 to early 1984. Additionally, it was featured on the 1971 to 1996

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logo with a Mickey silhouette within an oversized "D", as well as on signage within

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prior to refurbishments. *

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- Used on its vacuum cleaners in the 1990s *

id Software id Software LLC () is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas. It was founded on February 1, 1991, by four members of the computer company Softdisk: programmers John Carmack and John Romero, game designer Tom Hall, and ar ...

's 2010 video game

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uses Handel Gothic in its user interface. *Robotnik Automation – uses Handel Gothic in their logo. *

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- Korean national public television broadcaster's logo. *

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– used Handel Gothic for its news division in the early 2000s. Additionally, his newscast program ''Meganoticias'' used Handel Gothic in their logo from 2000 until 2010. *

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Used this font in logo since 2010. *

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from 1987 to 2003 featured this font. *

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, a general-purpose

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, uses Handel Gothic in its logo. *

San Miguel Corporation San Miguel Corporation, abbreviated as SMC, is a Philippine Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila. The company is one of the largest and most diversified congl ...

uses Handel Gothic as their corporate logo font since 1975. *''

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'', a newscast in the

ABS-CBN News ABS-CBN Integrated News and Current Affairs, known on-air as ABS-CBN News (formerly known as ''ABS-CBN News and Public Affairs'' and later ''ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs''), is the news and current affairs production and distribution divisi ...

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, used this logo font since 2008. *''

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'', a newscast in the

, used this font since 2001. *

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, logo font Handel Gothic, logo 2006 to 2018. *

United Airlines United Airlines, Inc. (commonly referred to as United), is a major American airline headquartered at the Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

– In 1973 Saul Bass developed the United logo that featured a customized red and blue "Double U" logo and underneath Handel Gothic logotype. *

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– Has used the font for its graphics packages during the early 2000s. *

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– has used the font since 1974. Initially, it was used for the model badges on its cars, but this application ceased in the early 1980s when it began to be used for the instrument panel and dashboard graphics, where it has been applied ever since. *''

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'' used it for the first two years of the show, as the nameplate font for wrestlers, commentators and other various graphics from 1999 to 2001. *

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(Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen) – German national public television broadcaster's logo.

References

External links

Handel Gothic Font Family – by Ronald TrogramHandel Gothic by URWMyFonts: Handel GothicHandel GothicHandel Gothic Cyrillic

ITC Handel Gothic

What's Hot From ITC: March 2010
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