ITC Benguiat is a decorative

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Ed Benguiat Ephram Edward Benguiat (; October 27, 1927October 15, 2020) was an American type designer and lettering artist. He designed over 600 typefaces, including Tiffany, Bookman, Panache, Souvenir, Edwardian Script, and the eponymous Benguiat and Bengu ...

and released by the

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(ITC) in 1977. The face is loosely based upon typefaces of the

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period but is not considered an academic revival. The face follows ITC's design formulary of an extremely high

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, combined with multiple widths and weights. The original version of 1977 contained numerous nonstandard

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s (such as AB, AE, AH, AK, AR, LA, SS, TT) and alternate shapes for some letters which were not carried into the digital version. The font family consists of 3 weights at 2 widths each, with complementary italic. It is also sold as 'Formal 832' by Bitstream.

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

ITC Benguiat Gothic is a

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variant for the original serif font family. Both faces are loosely based upon typefaces of the

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.

Notable Uses

The font is used on the cover of the original 1980s editions of

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's novels, which inspired the logo for the show ''

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''. The font used by the rock band

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, for

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' album ''

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'', and for

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's album ''

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''. The font is used for many of filmmaker

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's title sequences, such as in the actors' names in ''

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''. Benguiat is used in the main titles of ''

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'' and '' Star Trek: First Contact''. It is also used in the video games ''

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'' and '' Nier: Automata''. Benguiat Gothic is used in ''

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'' and '' Boom Blox Bash Party''.

References

* Lawrence W Wallis. ''Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces 1960–90''. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd: 2000. . * Friedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. ''Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History.'' Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. . * Macmillan, Neil. ''An A–Z of Type Designers.'' Yale University Press: 2006. .

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ITC Benguiat

Benguat Gothic display
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ITC Benguiat Pro

ITC Benguiat Gothic

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