Bensgothic

BENSGOTHIC was inspired by the work of the artist Ben Shahn, like BENSFOLK.

This style–which Shahn applied to psalms, Christmas cards, posters, and many other items—suggests inscriptional capitals like those of Byzantine mosaics, the Bayeux tapestry, or medieval manuscripts. He made great use of fanciful ligatures, which are included in the font for a totally hand-lettered feel.

This opentype version of Bensgothic allows you to access the ligatures easily. In applications that support OpenType features, enable “discretionary ligatures.” Type your text in ALL CAPS to automatically use the ligatures as available. Type in lowercase (or MiXeD cAsE) to avoid the ligatures or to access alternate letterforms.

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1940s1950s1960sdistressedfunretrowacky