A redesign of Johnston,
made in 1979 by Eiichi Kono at Banks & Miles for phototypesetting.
New Johnston is a full family, featuring Light, Medium
and Bold weights with corresponding Italics, Medium Condensed and
Bold Condensed. Like ITC
Johnston, it has a larger x-height than the original.
First appeared in London’s Underground stations in 1983.
“In 1990–1992 Banks and Miles, in partnership with Signus
Limited digitised the first PostScript Type 1 fonts for the then
London Transport […] In 2002 the typeface was digitized on behalf
of Transport for London by Agfa Monotype Corporation, with the
addition of two further weights, Book and Book Bold, and as well as
corresponding More…
A redesign of Johnston, made in 1979 by Eiichi Kono at Banks & Miles for phototypesetting. New Johnston is a full family, featuring Light, Medium and Bold weights with corresponding Italics, Medium Condensed and Bold Condensed. Like ITC Johnston, it has a larger x-height than the original. First appeared in London’s Underground stations in 1983.
“In 1990–1992 Banks and Miles, in partnership with Signus Limited digitised the first PostScript Type 1 fonts for the then London Transport […] In 2002 the typeface was digitized on behalf of Transport for London by Agfa Monotype Corporation, with the addition of two further weights, Book and Book Bold, and as well as corresponding italic variants. The revised font family – not commercially available – is known as ‘New Johnston TfL’.” — Wikipedia
