Ronald Trogram designed the Handel Gothic type family in 1980. Substituting curves for parts of letters that are normally straight, he created this family of sans serif typefaces. This new roundness, which is most often found on the on the left-hand side of the Handel Gothic's letterforms, gives the face a futuristic, space age feel. Handel Gothic is available in light, medium, and bold weights. Trogram's design was originally distributed in film form by Photostar, a photo type foundry that is no longer in operation.