Although appearing at first as a generously proportioned black titling face, Gordon offers a much greater complexity through the addition of a wide spectrum of special superscript ornaments. These can be used to punctuate the titling of in combination with other faces, creating a wide variation of creative typographic possibilities.

Superscripts are available through stylistic sets 1–8 for the following words: the, and, of, with, by, or, for, open, closed.