Font Designer – Edward Benguiat
1953: associate director of "Esquire" magazine. Opens his own design studio in New York. 1962: joins Photo-Lettering Inc. as typographic design director, a position he still holds today. 1970: joins the International Typeface Corporation and is made vice-president; he works on the in-house magazine "U&lc" with Herb Lubalin. Member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale. He has produced logotypes for the "New York Times", "Playboy", "Reader`s Digest", "Sports Illustrated", "Esquire" and "Look". He has taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York since 1961.
Fonts: Souvenir® (1970), Avant Garde Gothic® (1974), Korinna® (with Victor Caruso, 1974), Tiffany® (1974), Bauhaus® (with Victor Caruso, 1975), Bookman® (1975),
Benguiat® (1977/79), Barcelona® (1981), Modern 216® (1982), Caslon 224® (1983), Panache® (1988), Century Handtooled™ (1992), Cheltenham Handtooled® (1992), Garamond Handtooled® (1992), Edwardian Script (1994).
* TYPOGRAPHY - An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Känemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.