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The story of Bembo
[Joel Friedlander]
Bembo's story told by Joel Friedlander (1948-2021) in 2009. He recalls that Bembo is first and foremost an oldstyle typeface [bracketed serifs with a curved connection between serif and stem; the axis drawn through the thinnest part of the round letters leans to the left]. Aldus Manutius and Francesco Griffo created Bembo in 1496 for use in Pietro Bembo's book, De Aetna. Friedlander goes on: The design of Bembo was a clear attempt to bring the humanist script of the finest scribes of the day to the printed page, without slavishly following the more formal lettering of the day. It would later serve as the chief inspiriation to Claude Garamond, among others. Typefaces based on his work include Poliphilus, Cloister Old Style, Aetna, Aldine, Griffo Classico, Dante, and Adobe Minion. |
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file name: Francesco Griffo Bembo 1495 poster by Tyler Flood 2015
file name: Monotype Bembo 1929 Poster by Bailey Saville 2017
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file name: Monotype Bembo 1929 Poster by Amy Lynn Grover 2014
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file name: Monotype Bembo 1929 Poster by Sarah Linderer 2016
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file name: Monotype Bembo Pro Bold 1929
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