‘SPARTAN BLACK and ITALIC bring in a bolder weight the same utility and advantages that will be found in ATF Spartan Medium, Spartan Medium Italic and other ATF Spartans still to come; for example: they match the smaller sizes of Linotype’s Spartan Black, extend the same design characteristics into the larger sizes to assure harmony between hand-set display and machine-set body copy they are cast to American line, a real time saver in the interchanging of weights and sizes they are closely, carefully fitted in the interest of effective spacing they are available in a complete size range, accompanied a by a variety of useful auxiliaries. These features assure the Spartans frequent use. Because they are foundry cast by ATF they will stand up under this use, prove themselves doubly profitable.’
American Type Founders