Designed by Morris Fuller Benton and released in regular (1908), Extra Condensed (1908), and Condensed (1909) styles. Originally the medium-weight members of ATF’s Gothics: Lightline Gothic is lighter (and Monotone Gothic wider), Franklin Gothic is bolder, Alternate Gothic has straight-sided rounds. News Gothic was later extended with Bold (John L. Renshaw, 1958) [Art Direction. Vol. 10, No. 6], Bold Italic [Reichardt 2011] and Condensed Bold (Frank Bartuska, 1965) [Hutchinson] styles. See also Intertype’s News Gothic Extended and Ludlow’s Record Gothic.

Photo-Lettering had an adaptation that expands the original design to two widths in ten numbered weights each, with various alternates.

News Gothic No. 2 is “an enhanced version of News Gothic produced by the D. Stempel AG type foundry in 1984. It added more weights to the News Gothic family than were available in other versions, increasing its use in contemporary design and communication.” [Linotype]