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===Typeface===
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[[file:JohnstonSpecimenEN.svg|thumb|upright 0.75|The [[Johnston (typeface)|Johnston typeface]]]]
''[[Johnston (typeface)|Johnston]]'' (or ''Johnston Sans'') is [[typeface]] designed by and named after [[Edward Johnston]]. The typeface was commissioned in 1913 by [[Frank Pick]], then commercial manager of the [[Underground Electric Railways Company of London]] (also known as 'The Underground Group'), as part of his plan to strengthen the company's [[corporate identity]].<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Green |first1 = Oliver |last2 = Rewse-Davies |first2 = Jeremy |title = Designed for London: 150 years of transport design |location = London, UK |publisher = Laurence King |date = 1995 |isbn = 1-85669-064-4 |pages = 81–82}}</ref> ''Johnston'' was originally created for printing (with a planned height of 1 inch or 2.5&nbsp;cm), but it rapidly became used for the enamel station signs of the Underground system as well.<ref name="Howes production">{{cite book |last1 = Howes |first1 = Justin |author-link = Justin Howes |title = Johnston's Underground Type |date = 2000 |publisher = Capital Transport |location = Harrow Weald, Middlesex |isbn = 1-85414-231-3 |pages = 36–44}}</ref>

Johnston was originally printed using [[wood type]] for large signs and metal type for print. Johnston was redesigned in 1979 to produce '''New Johnston'''. The new family comes in eight members: Light, Medium, Bold weights with corresponding Italics, Medium Condensed and Bold Condensed. After the typeface was digitized in 1981–82, New Johnston finally became ready for Linotron photo-typesetting machine, and first appeared in London's Underground stations in 1983. It has been the official typeface exclusively used by Transport for London and The Mayor of London ever since, with minor updates to specific letterforms occurring in 1990–1992 and 2008. A new version, known as '''Johnston 100''', was commissioned by Transport for London from Monotype in 2016 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the typeface, and was designed to be closer to the original version of the Johnston typeface.<ref name="Howes other typefaces">{{cite book |last1 = Howes |first1 = Justin |author-link = Justin Howes |title = Johnston's Underground Type |date = 2000 |publisher = Capital Transport |location = Harrow Weald, Middlesex |isbn = 1-85414-231-3 |pages = 73–78}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.monotype.com/resources/case-studies/introducing-johnston100-the-language-of-london |title = Introducing Johnston100, the language of London |date = 2017 |access-date = 9 May 2020 |archive-date = 23 April 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200423183553/https://www.monotype.com/resources/case-studies/introducing-johnston100-the-language-of-london |url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/a-century-of-type |title = A century of type |website = Transport for London |access-date = 19 January 2022 |archive-date = 1 March 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190301200705/https://tfl.gov.uk/campaign/a-century-of-type |url-status = live }}</ref>