The distinguishing characteristics of the serif Clearface family—the slight serifs atop A, and at the stroke ends of V and W; the curves of k and y; the slanted bar of e; and the open 4—are apparent in its companion, Clearface Gothic. Both were designed by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders and released between the years 1907 and 1910. Clearface Gothic is also a legibility typeface and, therefore, is most distinguished when used for text.