How bad is setting text in AvantGardeGothic, BenguiatGothic, Bauhaus?

snoovy24 Jan 2008

Hi everyone,

I need critiques of these typefaces:

Avant Garde Gothic
Benguiat Gothic
Bauhaus

It's for a project that serves as a cautionary tale for new designers against using these faces for text, or setting them at all. Please be frank, and hold nothing back. I need some good juicy bits for my project.

So go on, how bad are they really?

Norbert Florendo24 Jan 2008#

Hmmm...
if you can't tell, just try setting 10pt. text and compare them.
You eyes will ultimately be the judge, not suggestions or juicy bits.

snoovy25 Jan 2008#

Yes, agreed! But i need concrete info for this project. Which is why i'm looking for designers opinions on these fonts. :)

aluminum25 Jan 2008#

They're highly stylistic and indicative of very specific design periods. So, it's just an issue of using them appropriately.

William Berkson25 Jan 2008#

Personally, I think that it is hard to make any of them look good, though people have on occasion, for display. Definitely not in text.

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