Modern Gothic Mono is a new addition to the Modern Gothic Family, providing a monospaced variation for grid based typesetting for tax spreadsheets, invoices or pieces of code. Modern Gothic Mono maintains the DNA of the original design while introducing a new flavour with its adaptations of certain characters, such as G, M, or f, t. All of the styles included in the Mono are designed to work effortlessly together with the original Modern Gothic, forming a universal workhorse family.

MG Mono is an all-purpose typeface with American roots, suitable for a wide range of applications, from subway signage to baseball headlines. The family follows a graded, hourglass-shaped model in terms of widths – the regular weight intended for typesetting long texts has been made narrower, while the thin cuts are wider for more display-oriented applications. This allows typographers to create efficient copy-fit sections using the lighter cuts, while preserving the original gothic flavor in the bolder style for moments where it can flex its strong character. Within the family, there is only one interpolation, each weight being fine-tuned for its intended use.

Grotesques originated in Europe and their distorted counterparts in the US were named gothics. Gothic Modern was an early attempt, released circa 1895 by Chicago type foundry Barnhart Brothers and Spindler.¹ Since gothics were first utilised as headlines in newspapers and on broadsides, quirks were likely welcomed as a way to garner attention. However these same oddities harsh the flow in text sizes, and certainly do not meet contemporary drawing standards. Some characters from this genre turned into celebrities, refined over generations and later got work in the telecommunication industry;² this was not the case for Gothic Modern, which was left forgotten in a dusty book in Chi-Town, until…