Bennet Text was designed by Richard Lipton and published by Lipton Letter Design. Bennet Text contains 6 styles and family package options. The font is currently #44 in Hot New Fonts.
Bennet, Richard Lipton’s spirited serif superfamily, was inspired by Moth Design’s logotype and stationery system for the North Bennet Street School in Boston. Initially modest in concept, Bennet grew to an expansive suite of 96 fonts tuned for editorial use. The three widths of Bennet’s Display and Banner sizes-Regular, Condensed, and Extra Condensed-are ideal for precise fitting of newspaper and magazine headlines. Lipton developed graded text styles for the series, offering users precise variations to help compensate for varying degrees of ink spread on different types of paper stock during the printing process. For example, because of ink absorption, the lightest grade-Bennet Text One-printed on low-quality newsprint stock will have the same gray value as the darkest grade-Bennet Text Four-on superior coated paper. (Bennet Text Two is the default grade and offered here. Additional grades are available upon request.) Bennet also provides for a stellar reading experience in digital media, its carefully considered details vibrant yet legible on-screen.
