I’m lovin’ all these new Avant Garde alter­nates. But don’t you think that it is odd set­ting a book about Kubrick’s archives with it? I mean, didn’t he have a pro­found obses­sion with Futura? Yes, I know that the two are sim­i­lar, and I know that Avant Garde just oozes 70s hip­ness, but still… I would have spec’d Futura here. Or?

Are the met­rics from these alter­nate lig­a­tures com­pat­able with ITC’s Avant Garde? Or do have to buy E+F ver­sions to be con­sis­tant?

Mike - This Alter­nate family was designed to be used with the Scan­graphic SH ver­sion of ITC Avant Garde Gothic, so that’s the only ver­sion I can con­fi­dently rec­om­mend with­out tweak­ing.

Thank you so much for the rapid response. I’m glad I asked the ques­tion because there is so much dis­par­ity amongst foundrys. Take gara­mond for instance. Every­one make this type­face yet there are all incom­pat­able with each other.

I’m not rich. So I have to choose the best iter­a­tions from the best foundries oth­er­wise I’ll be stuck with col­lec­tion of bad type that I can’t use.

While I’m here, I need to say that I find it odd that the most excep­tional aspect of the Avant Garde family are the Alter­nates. Why is it that ITC has neglected this typo­graphic gem? It’s not even on their own web­site!

As cited in your graphic exam­ples, the Alter­nates have a rel­e­vance and an edge that other face cannot approach.

Mike

I’m look­ing for a font sim­i­lar to Avant Garde Gothic, that has a weight between extra light and book. Any ideas?

Here are a few ideas, Kate. The Light weights of Futura, Prox­ima Nova, Avenir, and Futura Maxi.

Now I have a ques­tion regard­ing these. The images uptop in your post, what is the font used along with the alter­nates? I viewed the com­plete set of the alter­nates and the let­ters don’t look like that. I’m specif­i­cally asking about the Dom­i­nant and Edge Dark images.

Hi Kay. Some of these lig­a­ture sam­ples were custom made by the graphic designer, not all come directly from the font.