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family intended for titles and headings, released between 1990 and 1995. It was designed by David Berlow of

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. It is an expansion of a capitals-only titling face created in the 1930s by

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, adding lower-case characters and a wider range of widths and weights. The expanded design somewhat resembles his classic Bank Gothic.

Usage

Agency is the main font in the 2011

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videogame ''

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'' and the 2012 first-person shooter videogame '' Call of Duty: Black Ops 2'' and used in the logo for the in-development

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first-person shooter videogame trilogy '' Interstellar Marines''. The

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NHL club now uses the font, in modified form, with the introduction of Reebok's ''Edge'' uniform style in 2007.

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has since adopted the typeface for use in their ice hockey uniforms for several countries, beginning in the

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. The font was also widely used in the 2003

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Freelancer. It was also used in 2009 film ''

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''. The mobile version of ''

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'' also utilizes the font in its UI. The Road & Track magazine also used Agency FB in 2011-12. Two styles are supplied with

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Russian public sports channel,

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uses a typeface that resembles Agency FB, but with some modifications. The online technology magazine How-To Geek uses the font for its logo.

Agency FB fonts

*Agency FB Thin *Agency FB Light *Agency FB Regular *Agency FB Bold *Agency FB Black *Agency FB Compressed Thin *Agency FB Compressed Light *Agency FB Compressed Really *Agency FB Compressed Bold *Agency FB Compressed Black *Agency FB Condensed Thin *Agency FB Condensed Light *Agency FB Condensed Regular *Agency FB Condensed Bold *Agency FB Condensed Black *Agency FB Wide Thin *Agency FB Wide Light *Agency FB Wide Regular *Agency FB Wide Bold *Agency FB Wide Black *Agency FB Extended Thin *Agency FB Extended Light *Agency FB Extended Regular *Agency FB Extended Bold *Agency FB Extended Black

References

External links

* http://store.typenetwork.com/foundry/fontbureau/fonts/agency-fb Font Bureau typefaces Geometric sans-serif typefaces Typefaces designed by Morris Fuller Benton Typefaces designed by David Berlow {{typ-stub