225, Barcelona, Avant Garde Condensed, and many more. Ed became a partner with Lubalin in the development of U&lc, ITC's famous magazine, and the creation of new typefaces such as Tiffany, Benguiat, Benguiat Gothic, Korinna, Panache, Modern No.
Lubalin and Burns contacted Benguiat, whose first ITC project was working on Souvenir.
Founded in 1971 by designers Herb Lubalin, Aaron Burns, and Ed Ronthaler, ITC was formed to market type to the industry. He played a critical role in establishing The International Typeface Corporation (or ITC) in the late '60s and early '70s. He designed more than 400 typefaces for PhotoLettering. It occurred to me that one day that's going to be me, so I decided to become an illustrator. One day I went to the musician's union to pay dues and I saw all these old people who were playing bar mitzvahs and Greek weddings. About his career, he once said: I'm really a musician, a jazz percussionist. He has created a large number of typefaces between 19.
Ed was once a very prominent jazz percussionist playing in several big bands with Stan Kenton and Woody Herman, among others. TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated onīorn in New York in 1927, Ed grew up in Brooklyn.
