What is the ITC Avant Garde Gothic™ font?

Herb Lubalin and Tom Carnase based their 1970 design of ITC Avant Garde Gothic on Lubalin’s logo for Avant Garde Magazine. The condensed fonts were designed for the International Typeface Corporation in 1974 by Ed Benguiat. ITC Avant Garde Gothic is a geometric sans serif type, that is, the basic shapes were made with a compass and T-square; the design is reminiscent of the work from the 1920s German Bauhaus movement. Letterforms built of circles and clean lines are highly effective for headlines and short texts. The condensed faces have the same modern look, while retaining legibility in lengthier texts.

ITC Avant Garde Gothic™ Font families

The ITC Avant Garde Gothic™ includes the following font families:

• ITC Avant Garde Std XLt
• ITC Avant Garde Std XLt Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book
• ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique
• ITC Avant Garde Std Md
• ITC Avant Garde Std Md Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi
• ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Oblique
• ITC Avant Garde Std Bold
• ITC Avant Garde Std Bold Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Std XLt Cn
• ITC Avant Garde Std XLt Cn Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Std Bk Cn
• ITC Avant Garde Std Bk Cn Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Std Md Cn
• ITC Avant Garde Std Md Cn Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Std Demi Cn
• ITC Avant Garde Std Demi Cn Obl
• ITC Avant Garde Std Bold Cn
• ITC Avant Garde Std Bold Cn Obl

ITC Avant Garde Gothic™ Preview

Here is a preview of how ITC Avant Garde Gothic™ will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.