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ITC Modern No. 216"was created within a tradition of delicate and
refined typeface designs. Stylistically, it is a pure "Modern" type-
style. This classical revival created by Ed Benguiat captures all the
dignity and grace of earlier"Modern" designs, and combines them
with the best design standards of our time. ITC Modern No.216"
was carefully developed with goals of letterform beauty and maxi-
mum readability always in mind.
Because of this painstaking attention, ITC Modern No. 216' is
applicable to a wide variety of typesetting applications. To
attempt to list them would only serve to impose limits on this
versatile typestyle.
ITC Modern No. 216' can be easily recognized by its vertical
weight stress and fine tapered serifs. Character stroke
transition is smooth and adds to the overall harmony of this
typestyle. The easy flow of the italics has an almost script
like feel. In keeping with the ITC tradition, small capitals
with smaller lining figures have been designed for the Light
and Medium roman weights, providing the type user with
additional graphic flexibility.
Designer Ed Benguiat is well known for his many
typeface designs. More than ten typeface families in the
ITC Library are the result of his creative genius. He
developed the ITC Avant Garde Gothic' Condensed, ITC
Bookman; ITC Lubalin Graph" Oblique, ITC Korinna;
and ITC Souvenir® families; and was responsible for the
design of ITC Barcelona; ITC Bauhaus; ITC Benguiat®
with Condensed, ITC Benguiat Gothic; and ITC Many
families. ITC Modern No.216; his most recent release,
should prove to be a mainstay of typographic usage.
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