ITC Bauhaus
ITC Bauhaus was inspired by the Universal typeface designed in 1925 by Herbert Bayer. The prototypes for the face were created by him while he was a professor at the famed Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany. In the 1970s, many typefaces were designed based on Bayer’s original lettershapes. ITC Bauhaus was the only, however, to be made into a large family and licensed to typesetting equipment manufacturers.
While no italic was drawn for the family, Bauhaus’ simple geometric shapes and monotone and even stroke weights create a strong graphic presence.
ITC Avant Garde Gothic
There were two original designs of ITC Avant Garde Gothic: one for setting headlines and one for text copy. The differences between the two were subtle, but the display design contained ligatures and alternate characters and the text design did not. When Avant Garde Gothic was turned into a digital font, only the text design was chosen, and the ligatures and alternate characters were not included.
Now, OpenType technology has allowed ITC to release a complete version of Avant Garde Gothic, offering the full breadth of Lubalin and Carnese’s design – all the original alternate characters and ligatures, plus many extras. Avant Garde Gothic Pro includes a suite of additional cap and lowercase alternates, new ligatures that were drawn just for this release, and a collection of biform characters (lowercase letters with cap proportions).