| ITC Benguiat | |
| Style: | Serif |
| Date: | 1978 |
| Creator: | Ed Benguiat |
| Foundry: | International Typeface Corporation |
| Classifications: | Display |
| Creationdate: | 1977[1] [2] |
ITC Benguiat is a decorative serif typeface designed by Ed Benguiat and released by the International Typeface Corporation (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 x-height, combined with multiple widths and weights.
The original version of 1977 contained numerous nonstandard ligatures (such as AB, AE, AH, AK, AR, LA, SS, TT) and alternate shapes for some letters which were not carried into the digital version.[3]
The font family consists of 3 weights at 2 widths each, with complementary italic.
It is a version released in September 2008. It includes support for Central European and many Eastern European characters.
| ITC Benguiat Gothic | |
| Style: | Sans-serif |
| Date: | 1979 |
| Creator: | Ed Benguiat |
| Foundry: | International Typeface Corporation (ITC) |
| Classifications: | Humanist |
| Creationdate: | 1979[4] |
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.
The font is used on the cover of some editions of Stephen King's novels.[5]
In the logo for Netflix show Stranger Things (which uses it as retro styling specifically as a reference to its 1980s setting in general and Stephen King novels in particular).