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Giulio da Milano

Giulio da Milano (1987-1990) was an Italian painter and type designer. He was the first director of Nebiolo in Turin (from 1930-1936), and was succeeded in 1936 by Alessandro Butti. All his fonts were published at Nebiolo:

  • The lineale titling font Neon (1933-1935), with Alessandro Butti. Gala (2005, Canada Type; redrawn in 2017) is an extensive digital family by Patrick Griffin and Rebecca Alaccari that revives Neon. Canada Type writes: Gala is the digitization of the one of the most important Italian typefaces of the twentieth century: G. da Milano's 1935 Neon design for the Nebiolo foundry. This designs importance is in being the predecessor - and perhaps direct ancestor - of Aldo Novarese's Microgramma (and later Eurostile), which paved the worlds way to the gentle transitional, futuristic look we now know and see everywhere. It is also one of the very first designs made under the direction of Alessandro Butti, a very important figure in Italian design. It is quite strange, not to mention unfair, that this typeface, though way ahead of its time, is rarely mentioned in type history, but one could reason that it must have been treated with disdain like much of the immediate pre-war Italian artwork, and was later filed under the more visible gems Nebiolo produced through the prolificacy of Butti and Novarese. Alessandro Colizzi did another revival and extension in 2019-2020 at CAST simply called Neon Nbl.
  • The condensed lineale titling font on a black mesh background, Razionale (1935).
  • Triennale (1933).
  • In 1931, he designed a connected handwriting font, Veltro. This was digitized in 2007 by Ralph Unger at URW as Fontforum Veltro. It is available at Profonts as Veltro Pro.

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file name: Canada Type Gala 2017 237536


file name: Canada Type Gala 2017 237538


file name: Canada Type Gala 2017 237539


file name: Canada Type Gala 2017 237540


file name: Canada Type Gala 2017


file name: Patrick Griffin Gala 2017 237542


file name: Patrick Griffin Gala 2017


file name: Patrick Griffin Gala Shadow 2017


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Alessandro Colizzi Neon Nbl 2019 2020 after Giulio Da Milano Neon 1933 1934


file name: Giulio Da Milano Alessandro Butti Neon 1935


file name: Giulio Da Milano Alessandro Butti Neon 1935


file name: Giulio Da Milano Alessandro Butti Neon 1935


file name: Giulio Da Milano Alessandro Butti Neon 1935


file name: Giulia Da Milano Neon 1933


file name: Giulia Da Milano Semplicita 1928


file name: Giulia Da Milano Semplicita 1928


file name: Nebiolo Fregio Razionale 1935


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale


file name: Giulia Da Milano Razionale 1935


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Arrotondato


file name: Anonima Impressori Corsiva Razionale


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Stretto


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Stretto


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Stretto Geometrico


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Tondo


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Tondo


file name: Anonima Impressori Razionale Rigato


file name: Anonima Impressori Veltro


file name: Anonima Impressori Veltro Nero


file name: Giulia Da Milano Veltro 1934


file name: Giulio Da Milano Veltro 1934


file name: Giulio Da Milano Veltro 1934


file name: Giulio Da Milano Veltro 1934


file name: Giulio Da Milano Veltro 1934


file name: Guido Modiano Triennale 1933


file name: Ralph M Unger Veltro Pro 2007


file name: Giulio Da Milano Veltro 1934







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