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ITC Avant Garde Gothic

ITC Avant Garde Gothic®

by ITC
Individual Styles from $42.99
Complete family of 20 fonts: $329.98
ITC Avant Garde Gothic Font Family was designed by Tom Carnase, Erich Gschwind, Christian Mengelt, Edward Benguiat, André Gürtler, Herb Lubalin and published by ITC. ITC Avant Garde Gothic contains 20 styles and family package options.

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About ITC Avant Garde Gothic Font Family


ITC Avant Garde Gothic is a font family based on the logo font used in the Avant Garde magazine. Herb Lubalin devised the logo concept and its companion headline typeface, then he and Tom Carnase, a partner in Lubalin’s design firm, worked together to transform the idea into a full-fledged typeface. The condensed fonts were drawn by Ed Benguiat in 1974, and the obliques were designed by André Gürtler, Erich Gschwind and Christian Mengelt in 1977. The original designs include one version for setting headlines and one for text copy. However, in the initial digitization, only the text design was chosen, and the ligatures and alternate characters were not included. The font family consists of 5 weights (4 for condensed), with complementary obliques for widest width fonts. When ITC released the OpenType version of the font, the original 33 alternate characters and ligatures, plus extra characters were included.

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Designers: Tom Carnase, Erich Gschwind, Christian Mengelt, Edward Benguiat, André Gürtler, Herb Lubalin

Publisher: ITC

Foundry: ITC

Design Owner: ITC

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ITC Avant Garde Gothic® is a trademark of Monotype ITC Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and which may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

About ITC

An international leader in typeface design and marketing for over 30 years, ITC collaborates with world-class designers to provide a versatile selection classic typefaces and innovative new designs. ITC licenses its typeface library throughout the world to companies in the graphic design, computer, and printing technology fields.

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