ential ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁Many ▁fonts ▁developed ▁by ▁American ▁Type ▁Found ers ▁in ▁its ▁period ▁of ▁domin ance , ▁including ▁News ▁Goth ic , ▁Century ▁School book , ▁Franklin ▁Goth ic , ▁Hob o ▁and ▁Bank ▁Goth ic , ▁are ▁still ▁in ▁every day ▁use . ▁ ▁Type ▁found ing ▁before ▁A TF ▁By ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁de cade ▁of ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁type ▁found ing ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁state ▁of ▁crisis . ▁With ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁Lin ot ype , ▁which ▁could ▁cast ▁whole ▁lines ▁of ▁body ▁type ▁in - house , ▁demand ▁for ▁hand - set ▁type ▁was ▁down . ▁Through out ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 8 0 s ▁prices ▁had ▁been ▁maintained ▁by ▁an ▁inform al ▁cart el ▁of ▁found ries , ▁but ▁as ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁found ries ▁increased , ▁and ▁then ▁with ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁hot ▁metal ▁type , ▁prices ▁dropped ▁dram atically . ▁Additionally , ▁type ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁was ▁not ▁standard ized , ▁either ▁to ▁body ▁size ▁or ▁to ▁base ▁line , ▁and ▁printer s ▁res ented ▁the ▁in compat ibility ▁of ▁types ▁from ▁different ▁found ries . ▁Le aders ▁in ▁the ▁industry , ▁not ably ▁Joseph ▁W . ▁Ph in ney ▁of ▁the ▁Dick inson ▁Type ▁Found ry ▁in ▁Boston , ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁committee ▁to ▁address ▁these ▁problems , ▁eventually ▁recomm ending ▁cons olid ation . ▁ ▁Cons olid ation ▁and ▁early ▁years ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8