Font Bureau Agency is a geometric sans-serif

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family intended for titles and headings, released between 1990 and 1995. It was designed by David Berlow of

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. It is an expansion of a capitals-only titling face created in the 1930s by

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, adding lower-case characters and a wider range of widths and weights. The expanded design somewhat resembles his classic Bank Gothic.

Usage

Agency is the main font in the

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franchise ''

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'' and the 2012 video games '' Call of Duty: Black Ops II'' and '' Hill Climb Racing,'' and it is used in the logo for the in-development

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first-person shooter videogame trilogy '' Interstellar Marines''. The

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club now uses the font, in modified form, with the introduction of

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's ''Edge'' uniform style in 2007.

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has since adopted the typeface for use in its ice hockey uniforms for several countries, beginning in the

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. The font was also widely used in the 2003

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''Freelancer''. It was also used in the 2009 film ''

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''. The mobile version of ''

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'' also utilizes the font in its UI. The ''

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'' magazine also used Agency FB from 2011-12. ''

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'' uses the font in its logo. Two styles are supplied with

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. Russian public sports channel

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uses a typeface that resembles Agency FB, but with some modifications. The online technology magazine ''How-To Geek'' uses the font for its logo. American soccer club

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adopted the font as their primary typeface as part of their rebrand in December 2019.https://soccerstadiumdigest.com/2019/12/new-charleston-battery-branding-unveiled/

Agency FB fonts

*Agency FB Thin *Agency FB Light *Agency FB Regular *Agency FB Bold *Agency FB Black *Agency FB Compressed Thin *Agency FB Compressed Light *Agency FB Compressed Regular *Agency FB Compressed Bold *Agency FB Compressed Black *Agency FB Condensed Thin *Agency FB Condensed Light *Agency FB Condensed Regular *Agency FB Condensed Bold *Agency FB Condensed Black *Agency FB Wide Thin *Agency FB Wide Light *Agency FB Wide Regular *Agency FB Wide Bold *Agency FB Wide Black *Agency FB Extended Thin *Agency FB Extended Light *Agency FB Extended Regular *Agency FB Extended Bold *Agency FB Extended Black

References

External links

* http://store.typenetwork.com/foundry/fontbureau/fonts/agency-fb Font Bureau typefaces Geometric sans-serif typefaces Typefaces designed by Morris Fuller Benton Typefaces designed by David Berlow {{typ-stub