Science Gothic™ is a variable font with weight, width, contrast and slant axes - the equivalent of 200+ separate fonts. While the medium weight is based closely on the original Bank Gothic typeface from the early 1930s, a lowercase, design axes, and language coverage have been added. Bank Gothic was originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1930–34 for American Type Founders.

Science Gothic is a team effort, with primary development by Thomas Phinney, Brandon Buerkle and Vassil Kateliev.