Why is Franklin Gothic Wide so bad?

Why is Franklin Gothic Wide so bad? I’m referring to Renshaw’s 1952 metal face. The curves are awkward, color is uneven, and some important lowercase letters have ugly acute points at their stroke terminals. ATF spent thrity years getting rid of the sloppy old gothics, and then in 1952 they threw their standards out the window for this one. Is there a story about how this came to be?

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