Alessandro Butti
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Alessandro Butti | |
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| Born | 1893 |
| Died | 1959 Turin, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | typography |
Notable work | Microgramma |
Alessandro Butti (b. 1893 – d. 1959 in Turin) was an Italian type designer who lived and worked mostly in Turin where he was art director of the Nebiolo type foundry. He also taught at the . Microgramma is his most famous face. After Butti's death, his collaborator on that face, Aldo Novarese, added a lower case which was then called Eurostile.
Fonts designed by Alessandro Butti[]
- Paganini (1928, Nebiolo) with Raffaello Bertieri
- Quirinus (1939, Nebiolo)
- Landi Echo (1939-43, Nebiolo) with Aldo Novarese, an in-line version of "Welt."
- Athenaeum (1945, Nebiolo) with Aldo Novarese.
- Normandia (1946-49, Nebiolo) with Aldo Novarese.
- Rondine (1948, Nebiolo)
- Augustea (1951, Nebiolo) with Aldo Novarese.
- Fluidum (1951, Nebiolo)
- Microgramma (1951, Nebiolo) with Aldo Novarese.
- Cigogna (Nebiolo)
References[]
- Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
- Friedl, Ott, and Stein, Typography: an Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. Black Dog & Levinthal Publishers: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
- Font Designer - Alessandro Butti
- MyFonts - Alessandro Butti
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