Draft:Orator (typeface)

Orator (typeface)
Category	Monospaced, Sans-serif
Designer	John Scheppler
Foundry	IBM
Date created	1962
Re-issuing foundries	Adobe Inc., Bitstream Inc.

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Instructions · What links here · Orator (typeface) (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 2 days ago by Esn12 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 2 days ago by TurquoiseGoose

Orator is a monospaced sans serif typeface created by John Scheppler for IBM in 1962. The primary version of the typeface contains uppercase characters and small capitals only, which is an unusual trait for monospaced fonts. The typeface contains two different weights: medium and slanted. Orator gets its name from the idea that capital letters are considered clearer and more legible than lowercase letters in typewriter notes.^[1]

Digital OpenType versions of Orator are available through Adobe. Bitstream's version adds a lowercase alphabet.^[2]

References

↑ Dawson, Peter (December 17, 2019). The Essential Type Directory: A Sourcebook of Over 1,800 Typefaces and Their Histories (1st ed.). United States: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-7624-6817-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
↑ "Identifont - John Scheppler". www.identifont.com. Retrieved 2026-10-01.

Category:Digital typefaces Category:Monospaced typefaces Category:Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1962 Category:Sans-serif typefaces Category:IBM

[1] Dawson, Peter (December 17, 2019). The Essential Type Directory: A Sourcebook of Over 1,800 Typefaces and Their Histories (1st ed.). United States: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-7624-6817-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] "Identifont - John Scheppler". www.identifont.com. Retrieved 2026-10-01.

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