Spartan® Font Family Typeface Story

Designer

Foundry

Linotype

Overview The Spartan font family was released by American Type Founders around 1936 as an American copy of Futura. This popular design was used in a variety of ways, from short blocks of text to headlines to advertising and packaging.
Spartan Classified was designed specifically for use at 5.5-point in classified advertising. Suitable at small sizes, the characters are wide with plenty of space around them, and the x-height is large.

Classifications

Sans Serif
Geometric Sans