TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on Thu Aug 15 18:13:45 EDT 2024
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Designer of the pen script font Grafico (Cooperativa, 1965), characterized by a large x-height, the grotesque family Linea (Cooperativa, 1966-1969), Calligrafia, Armonia (calligraphic) and Brio (script typeface at Mecanorma). He has worked with Aldo Novarese and Pietro De Macchi at Nebiolo in Turin, and was afterwards artistic director at Fonderia Tipografica Cooperativa di Peschiera Borromeo, where he designed Linea, Sigla, as well as Arabic and Hebraic alphabets. Linea, in particular, is his major type design oeuvre---it contains weights called Linea Tonda Chiara, Linea Tonda Neretta, Linea Corsiva Neretta, Linea Nera, Linea Nerissima, Linea Neretta Stretta, Linea Nera Stretta, Linea Nerissima Compatta and Linea Profil. He also designed Sigla. From 1974 until 1996, he was professor of typography and calligraphy at the Istituto Statale Isia di Urbino, while from 1969-1998, he taught lettering at the Scuola Politecnica di Design di Milano. In 1996, he became professor of calligraphy and lettering at NABA, the Nova Academia di Belli Arti in Milan, Italy. PDF of his work by Hans Reichardt. Gio Fuga's info on him. Klingspor link. |
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Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org ⦿ http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html |