For the end credits of my new movie, I need to know who the designer of ITC Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed is. MyFonts names Morris Fuller Benton first but also credits David Berlow and Victor Caruso. Was either of the latter individually responsible for the EC font, or was that part of the original Benton design?
I seem to remember that the Extra Condenseds were designed
by Berlow solo, but it's too long ago and I haven't got anything
to double-check my recollections with. 
Thanks, Yves,
One more -- anyone know who designed Gothic 821?
Tricky: Gothic 821 is in fact Bitstream's version of Berthold's
Block Extra Condensed (I hope I don't get sued for revealing
this 
) which was originally designed by H. Hoffmann
somewhere between 1908 and 1927. So I guess "Bitstream
design department" might do if you want to avoid litigation. 
Oh, great -- I stumbled into the Great Litigation Problem.
Hehe, found this when Googling. Scroll to the bottom.
Did Hoffmann do the condensed version, or is that a Spiekermann design? Guess I could ask him, but wow, what a minefield I'd be walking into.
Well, the 1908-1927 makes me believe Hoffmann did all
the versions, as I'd find it highly unlikely he'd have spent
19 years designing say the basic non-condensed weights.
But don't mention Spiekermann, he did the Berthold digitization!
Wait, who's that behind your back, breathing down your neck?!
Oh no, it's the Berthold
He might have just been being lazy, though.
Thanks, Yves -- you're now credited under Typographic Research! Care to proofread the credits?
> Wait, who's that behind your back, breathing down your neck?!
Ja!
To use one of my all-time favourite Spiekermann quotes:
"Ve hav vays for making you talk..."
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