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Johnston Underground

Canada Type · Patrick Griffin · 2008

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Canada Type's careful digital revival of Johnston's 1916 London Underground typeface, expanded to five weights.

About

Johnston Underground digitises and extends the classic 1916 typeface designed by Edward Johnston for the London Underground. Canada Type's version adds weights beyond the original to make it practically usable across a wider range of applications. The revival is grounded in close study of the source material.

Classification

Revival of Edward Johnston's 1916 typeface for the London Underground. Careful digital reconstruction with expanded weights not in the original. Note: this is Canada Type's independent revival, separate from the TfL-commissioned P22 Underground or the official Digital version.

Weights

LightRegularMediumBoldBlack

Languages

Latin

Tags

humanist-sansrevivalhistoricalundergroundtransportjohnston