Kettering 205 is inspired by the classic, geometric slab-serifs such as Lubalin, but has shallower ascenders and descenders for a more compact look, and features art deco influenced, lowered crossbars and an oblique crossbar on the lower case e. It’s a versatile, modern slab-serif, highly legible as a text font and with a distinctive, elegant look as a display font at larger sizes.
The Kettering 205 family comprises of six weights and is closely related to Kettering 105. Both variations feature an extended character set to include accented characters for Central European languages.