What is the Bell Centennial font?
Matthew Carter designed Bell Centennial in 1978 specifically for AT&T Corporation (the name honors their 100th anniversary) to use in telephone books. Carter developed it to have high legibility at small sizes, and for composition on high-speed, cathode-ray-tube composing machines. (Bell Gothic, the typeface originally designed for telephone books in 1937 and for composition on the hot metal Linotype machines, was no longer usable in the new technology.) Bell Centennial is a sturdy, condensed sans-serif design that achieves great economy of space while being highly legible. More…
Bell Centennial can be used for modern display purposes and, of course, for small print and lists. The Alternate version of Bell Centennial Bold Listing sits on a standard baseline; the original version sits far below the baseline, and cannot mix properly with other fonts on the same line.
Bell Centennial Font families
The Bell Centennial includes the following font families:
- Bell Centennial Std Address
- Bell Centennial Std SubCaption
- Bell Centennial Std Name & Number
- Bell Centennial Std Bold Listing
Bell Centennial Preview
Here is a preview of how Bell Centennial will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.
Is Bell Centennial a free to download font?
I'm afraid not. Bell Centennial is not free to download. You will need to pay for it with your hard earn money.
Most fonts that we feature on PimpMyFonts.com is a premium font. We do have a Free Fonts category where we showcase all of the best free fonts that you can download.
Trust me when I say, don't waste your time searching for a free download of Bell Centennial. You will not find a link anywhere.
It is highly unlikely that you'll be able to find Bell Centennial for free. You might see a few websites that will say "Free Download" of Bell Centennial font, but these are just attempts to get you to click on a link which will either take you to an ad landing page or you risk getting viruses on your computer. In the rare occasion that you do find a free download for Bell Centennial remember that it's illegal to use a font if you didn't pay for it!
If you really want Bell Centennial and you want to truly own it the legal and safe way, then click here to visit the download and purchase page on MyFonts.com. Here you will be able to obtain the proper license. The designer and publisher deserves to be paid for their work, as they have put in the hours and the creativity to produce such an amazing font. Good luck with your purchase and future use of this font. :)
