ITC Benguiat is a decorative serif

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

Use in popular culture

In the 1980s, it was the house font for album cover text at

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. The font is used on the cover of 1980s Stephen King novels,

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album ''

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'', for the book covers of the ''

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'' series,

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game '' The Chaos Engine'', as well as in the logos of both the

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and the

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. The typeface is featured in the main titles of the ''Star Trek'' films, ''

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'' and '' Star Trek: First Contact'', as well as video game '' Nier: Automata.'' Paramount's FBI warning, from 1995–present, also uses ITC Benguiat. The font is also used in the logo of the American rock band

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, in the logo for

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show '' Stranger Things'', and in the album art for rapper Logic's album '' Supermarket''. The font is used for the logo ''written and directed by

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'' in the beginning of his films. ITC Benguiat Gothic is also featured in

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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

Use in popular culture

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