Personal lifeīenguiat was married to Elisa (née Halperin) Benguiat for 38 years until his death. He was inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame in 2000. 'īenguiat was a teacher at the School of Visual Arts, in New York, starting in 1961 and serving for over 50 years. Gene Gable commented 'You could easily say that ITC designs put a face on the ’70s and ’80s.You couldn’t open a magazine or pass a billboard in the ’70s without seeing. These styles are also seen in the design of Herb Lubalin, another of ITC's co-founders. His 'Benguiat Caslon' was used in the logo of Foxy Brown. Other notable examples of Benguiat’s work are the logotypes for the original Planet of the Apes film, Super Fly and The Guns of Navarone. It was also used for the main credits in Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact. His Benguiat family was considered synonymous with Stephen King's works in the 1980s, and used in the logo and opening credits of Stranger Things. Over his career, he was one of the most prolific lettering artists, crafting over 600 typeface designs including Tiffany, ITC Bookman, Panache, Souvenir, Edwardian Script, and the eponymous Benguiat and Benguiat Gothic. He helped set up the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) in 1970, as an independent licensing company and served as a vice president.

It was here that he worked on utilizing photo technology for commercial typography and lettering. He was hired as a designer by Esquire magazine in 1953 and subsequently went on to join Photo Lettering Inc. He went on to study graphical design, calligraphy, and typography at the Workshop School of Advertising Art under the Russian-American graphical artist and calligrapher Paul Standard. He started his design career by working, in his words, as a 'cleavage retoucher' during the restrictive period after World War II, when the Hays Code imposed restrictions on.

Ed Benguiat standing in front of a graphic of some of his typefaces at a talk in Berlin, 2008

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