How bad is setting text in AvantGardeGothic, BenguiatGothic, Bauhaus?
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?
24.Jan.2008 2.47pm
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.
25.Jan.2008 8.09am
Yes, agreed! But i need concrete info for this project. Which is why i’m looking for designers opinions on these fonts. :)
25.Jan.2008 8.43am
They’re highly stylistic and indicative of very specific design periods. So, it’s just an issue of using them appropriately.
25.Jan.2008 8.53am
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.