| 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 also sold as 'Formal 832' by Bitstream.
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.
It is also sold as 'Informal 851' by Bitstream.
In the 1980s, it was the house font for album cover text at RCA Records.
The font is used on the cover of the original 1980s editions of Stephen King's novels, The Smiths album Strangeways, Here We Come, for the book covers of the Choose Your Own Adventure series, The Bitmap Brothers game The Chaos Engine, as well as in the logos of both the National Assembly of Quebec and the Melbourne Knights.[5] The typeface is featured in the main titles of the Star Trek films Star Trek Generations and , as well as the video game . Home videos, such as Paramount's FBI warning, from 1995–present, have also used ITC Benguiat.[6] The font is also used in the logo of the American rock band Greta Van Fleet, 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), and in the album art for rapper Logic's album Supermarket.The font is used for the logo written and directed by Quentin Tarantino in the beginning of his films.
ITC Benguiat Gothic is featured as the user interface font in The Sims 2 PC video game and in Boom Blox Bash Party for the Wii.