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18 NOV '13 |
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Festina lente
Graphical study of an early printer's mark and the ligatures of the first ever italic typeface by Francesco Griffo / Aldus Manutius (Aldine Press, 1509). Upon the edition:
C. Crispi Sallusti De Coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De Bello Iugurthino.
Title: C. Crispi Sallusti De Coniuratione Catilinae. Eiusdem De Bello Iugurthino.
Author: Gaius Sallustius Crispus
Printer: Aldus Manutius
Place of Printing: Venice
Date of Printing: 1509
The emblem of the dolphin and anchor was used to illustrate the proverb Festina lente a long before Aldus Manutius, by the first Roman Emperor Augustus.
Some italic ligatures from Aldine octavos:
The Aldine italic typeface was based on the Humanist cursive script first developed in the 1420s by Niccolò de' Niccoli.
Unlike the italic type of today, the capital letters were upright roman capitals which were shorter than the ascending lower-case italic letters and used about 65 tied letters (ligatures). The slanting italic capitals was first introduced by printers in Lyon and is now used in nearly all italic fonts.
This Aldine italic became the model for most italic types. It was very popular in its own day and was widely (and inaccurately) imitated. The Venetian Senate gave Aldus exclusive right to its use, a patent confirmed by three successive Popes, but it was widely counterfeited. The Italians called the character Aldino, while others called it Italic.
drawn font, lettering, book graphics, ligatures, aldines, octavo
chancery hand, cursive, italic, сancelleresca corsiva, printer's mark
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25 MAY '06 |
69
Russian rouble currency sign, 2006
russian rouble, currency sign, grapheme design, competition, archives
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4 SEP '13 |
68
Pencil sketches for book cover, 'Interesting fonts'
november 2012 — august 2013
I know, Cyrillic is all Greek to you, so a little tutorial for those who care:
ИНТЕРЕСНЫЕ ШРИФТЫ
INTERESNYE ShRIFTY
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UHTEPECHb1E IIIIIIIIII
drawn font, pencil, sketch, lettering, book graphics, archives
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15 MAY '08 |
67
Catspaws display font sketch, 2008
type design, pencil, sketch, catspaws, archives
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6 DEC '10 |
66
calligraphy, modified fountain pen, archives
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16 OCT '13 |
65
type design, animation, tutorial, lettering, section sign, vector
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1 OCT '13 |
64
The All-Seeing Pizza (The Pizza of Providence)
pencil, graphics
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30 SEP '13 |
63
calligraphy, pilot parallel pen 3.8
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24 SEP '13 |
62
calligraphy, logo design, brush pen, vector graphics
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20 NOV '08 |
61
FontLab + OpenType:
how to add smallcaps, ligatures
and oldstyle figures to the typeface
Full article in Russian
font, fontlab, opentype, smallcaps
ligatures, oldstyle figures
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lettering.procalligraphy.proexlibris.pro
Ex libris, bookplates, engravings.
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Cityscapes, signages, infographics,
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