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Nebiolo
In 1878, Giovanni Nebiolo bought a foundry from Giacomo Narizzano. In 1889, the Levi brothers joied this venture to form Nebiolo&Co. After 1899, several other foundries were absorbed by Nebiolo, and for some time, the company was called Società Augusta Torino, but it reverted to Nebiolo&Co in 1917. Based in Turin, type design started in the 1930s, first under the direction of painter Giulio da Milano, then from 1936 under Alessandro Butti, and from 1952 under the guidance of Aldo Novarese. It was Italy's premier foundry of the 20th century. It closed its typography department in 1975, and went bankrupt in 1978, when Fiat took over. In 1990, the foundry was taken over by Fruttiger AG in Münchenstein. Their most famous font families include Eurostile (1962), Microgramma (1952), Torino (1908) and Stop (1971). Others worth mentioning are Neondi (1935, da Milano), Resolut (1937, Brünnel), Landi Echo (1939, Butti), Veltro (script, 1931), Veltro Nero, Scritto a Lapis (script). Americana (ca. 1945) was a great flowing script later revived by Rebecca Alaccari as Pendulum (2005, Canada Type). Canada Type is doing further digitizations including Bella Donna (Rondine, 1948), Gala (Neon from 1935-1938) and Swanson (Cigno, 1954). Nebiolo was no averse to copycat design. Christian Schwartz writes: The Etruschi from the Nebiolo specimen is an exact copy of Schelter&Giesecke's Grotesk, specifically the Halbfette weight (what we would call Medium). This typeface first appeared in the late 1890s and was shown in S&G's specimens at least until 1918. Caratteri Nebiolo (ca. 1956) is one of their last specimen books--we list all the types found in it. Specimen book from 1928: Societa Nebiolo Torino Caratteri e Fregi Tipografici. This file by Klingspor shows all the types ever made by Nebiolo. Catalog of digital typefaces that were made by various foundries based on Nebiolo designs. Another digital catalog of commercial Nebiolo typefaces. Another page with digital typefaces based on Nebiolo. |
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file name: Landi Echo 1939
file name: Nebiolo Gotiche Gregiate after Schelter Giesecke
file name: Nebiolo Gotiche Gregiate after Schelter Giesecke
file name: Rebecca Alaccari Bella Donna after Alessandro Butti Rondine 1948
file name: Rebecca Alaccari Bella Donna after Alessandro Butti Rondine 1948b
file name: Torino Societa Augusta 1914
file name: Torino Societa Augusta 1914b
file name: Torino Societa Augusta 1914c
file name: Torino Societa Augusta 1914d
file name: Torino Societa Augusta 1914e
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