Designed by Joseph Churchward, beginning in 1970. Expanded with
many weights, multiline variations, and shadow effects. Leaflets by
Churchward International Typefaces Ltd. show 34 variants in ca.
1972 and 54 variants in ca. 1974. A list compiled by Churchward in
2008 has 76 styles. [Bennewith] Named
Churchward Design 70 by distributor Berthold
Fototypes, probably to distinguish it from Churchward
69. Berthold carried 22 (E1, 1974) and
later 26 styles (E3, 1982). Mecanorma’s version
spanned two weights and was initially named Galaxy
[Ariadne,
1971] and later just Churchward. See also the separate
entries for Churchward
Design Lines and
Churchward Design Sparkly & Modern.
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Designed by Joseph Churchward, beginning in 1970. Expanded with many weights, multiline variations, and shadow effects. Leaflets by Churchward International Typefaces Ltd. show 34 variants in ca. 1972 and 54 variants in ca. 1974. A list compiled by Churchward in 2008 has 76 styles. [Bennewith] Named Churchward Design 70 by distributor Berthold Fototypes, probably to distinguish it from Churchward 69. Berthold carried 22 (E1, 1974) and later 26 styles (E3, 1982). Mecanorma’s version spanned two weights and was initially named Galaxy [Ariadne, 1971] and later just Churchward. See also the separate entries for Churchward Design Lines and Churchward Design Sparkly & Modern.
BluHead Studio has released a digital family called Churchward Design (2007) in 9 styles, but it differs in many ways from the original, especially in the widths of various letters. It also lacks the original’s ultra tight spacing. Many of the wilder variants remain relegated to film. Jordan Davies made an uncredited digitization of the Ultrabold as Churchward (Wooden Type Fonts, 2018).
