- ITC Benguiat
Infobox font
name = ITC Benguiat
style =Serif
date = 1978
creator =Ed Benguiat
foundry = International Typeface Corporation (ITC)|ITC Benguiat is a decorative
serif typeface designed byEd Benguiat and released by theInternational Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1978. The face is loosely based upon typefaces of theArt Nouveau period but is not considered an academic revival. The face follows ITC's design formulary of an extremely high x-height, combined with multiple widths and weights.The font family consists of 3 weights at 2 widths each, with complementary italic.
It is also sold as 'Revival 832' by Bitstream, 'BG' by Itek.
ITC Benguiat Pro
It is a version released in September 2008. It includes support for Central European and many Eastern European characters.
ITC Benguiat Gothic
Infobox font
name = ITC Benguiat Gothic
style =Sans-serif
date = 1979
creator =Ed Benguiat
foundry = International Typeface Corporation (ITC)|ITC Benguiat Gothic is a
sans-serif variant for the original serif font family. Both faces are loosely based upon typefaces of theArt Nouveau period but are not considered academic revivals. The face follows ITC's design formulary of an extremely high x-height, combined with multiple widths and weights.The font family consists of 4 weights at 1 width each, with complementary italic.
It is also sold as 'Informal 851' by Bitstream, 'BT' by Itek.
References
*Lawrence W Wallis. "Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces 1960-90". Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd: 2000. ISBN 0 85331 597 1.
*Friedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. "Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History." Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
*Macmillan, Neil. "An A–Z of Type Designers." Yale University Press: 2006. ISBN 0-300-11151-7.ee also
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Korinna , a similarly styled typeface byBerthold External links
* [http://www.itcfonts.com/Fonts/Classics/Benguiat.htm ITC Classics: ITC Benguiat]
* [http://www.itcfonts.com/Fonts/Detail.htm?pid=242672 ITC typeface page on Monotype Imaging website]
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