Font Introduction
Benton sans font family was designed in 1995, by a famous typeface designer Tobias Frere Jones and expended by another designer from Font Bureau named Cyrus Highsmith. This typeface was a redesigned version of Benton Gothic font.
Later in 2003 Cyrus Highsmith extended this font family with more extra widths, italics and weights. These extra widths and weights were the best replacement of Franklin Gothic and Alternate Gothic. Benton Sans has unique characters with two-story lowercase “a”, and two-story lowercase “g”. This typeface has a capitalized Q is unique for being found totally outside the bowl. Trade Gothic font is the most similar font to this font.
Features of Benton Sans Font
- Composing Projects: You can use this digital typeface in any type of design project such as composing books, brand designs, eBook covers, presentations, social media purposes, logo designs, website designs, branding projects, product packaging, invitation playing cards designs, and many others.
- Website Headers: A news website “Boston Globe” used this font for header and title sections. Since 2012, the Walt Disney Company used this typeface in their corporate logo as primary font.
- Official Documents: Another company SAP used this font for their website and official documents. This is a primary font used by Heroku and also used in logo of Marvel Comics.
Details of Font
Name | Benton Sans Font |
Designer | Tobias Frere-Jones |
Style | Sans-serif |
File Format | OTF, TTF |
License | Free For Personal Use |
Commercial Use
This is a completely free font for any type of personal project and you don’t need any license. For commercial projects, you will have to purchase its paid version.
FAQS
What type of font is Benton Sans?
This is a traditional sans-serif typeface and the designer of this good-looking typeface is the most notable designer Tobias Frere-Jones. He released this font for the first time for public use in 1995.
What font is closest to Benton Sans?
You can find the number of fonts that are available on this website. But, after viewing the characters of this font Frutiger Font is considered to be the best alternative to this typeface.
What font pairs with the Benton Sans Font?
Sans-serif fonts are the best combination with this typeface. We list some best pairings with this font are Arial, Montserrat, and Futura Font.
Is Benton Sans free for commercial use?
Not at all, you can use this font free of cost in all your projects but not limited to your commercial uses. You should but it’s a paid version from the font author.