This entry covers the italic styles of West Behemoth, designed by Dave West for Photo-Lettering. Behemoth Clarendon Italic 11 is shown in Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 (1965). By 1967, a swash variant was added, which is shown in Vol. 3 (1971) as Behemoth Clarendon Italic Swash. It’s distinguished by swash forms for caps and several lc letters including ‘dghklnrtvy’. It also has no entry strokes and less pronounced exit strokes on ‘aim’ etc.

The non-swash italic was digitized by Martin Wenzel, with some alternates, and is used for the sample. As of December 2020, West Behemoth and West Behemoth Italic are available from House Industries as Plinc Behemoth.

Stymie Black Italic is a film typeface of unclear origin that closely resembles Behemoth Clarendon Italic Swash, but is different in many details.