A slab serif version of ITC
Avant Garde Gothic, designed by Herb Lubalin and drawn
by Tony DiSpigna and Joe Sundwall. The bold face was created
especially for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for their
1974–1975 promotion program [U&lc, 1-3]. The
obliques were drawn by Ed Benguiat in 1981 [U&lc
8-2]. Condensed styles were added in May 1992, made by Helga
Jörgenson and Sigrid Engelmann at URW via adding slab serifs to the
condensed styles of ITC Avant Garde Gothic.
[U&lc, 19-2].
Letraset adopted the Extra Light, Medium, Bold with alternates
and ligatures [1976 catalog], and later the Bold Oblique (w/o
extras) [1988/89 catalog].
Digitizations by Bitstream More…
A slab serif version of ITC Avant Garde Gothic, designed by Herb Lubalin and drawn by Tony DiSpigna and Joe Sundwall. The bold face was created especially for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) for their 1974–1975 promotion program [U&lc, 1-3]. The obliques were drawn by Ed Benguiat in 1981 [U&lc 8-2]. Condensed styles were added in May 1992, made by Helga Jörgenson and Sigrid Engelmann at URW via adding slab serifs to the condensed styles of ITC Avant Garde Gothic. [U&lc, 19-2].
Letraset adopted the Extra Light, Medium, Bold with alternates and ligatures [1976 catalog], and later the Bold Oblique (w/o extras) [1988/89 catalog].
Digitizations by Bitstream (4 weights, distinguished by a hooked ‘r’ in the Extra Light and Book; discontinued) and ITC (5 weights of regular width and 4 condensed weights, all with obliques, with small caps for the Cond. Book and Cond. Medium; also sold by Elsner+Flake and previously by URW). None of them appears to cover the many alternates and ligatures included in the original. Those were digitized by Alan Prescott in 1997, but seem to be unavailable.
