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Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | Geometric |
Foundry | Nebiolo |
Date created | c. 1928 |
Semplicità is a sans-serif typeface of the geometric style. It was published by the Nebiolo type foundry of Turin, Italy from around 1928. [1] [2] [a]
Semplicità, named for the Italian for "simplicity", is an example of the new wave of "geometric" sans-serifs such as Erbar and Futura appearing in the late 1920s and early 1930s. [5] [6] [7] These designs were based on the proportions of the circle and the square and the influence of Roman square capitals, breaking from traditional "grotesque" designs of the nineteenth century. [6] [5] Semplicità, however, has a number of unusual features, including a 'U' with an angle, following the classical model, and an 'f' which descends below the baseline. [8] [b] It is also a "spurless" design, similar to the contemporary Bernhard Gothic and more recently FF Dax, in which most strokes end without terminals. [8] [3] These features give Semplicità an appearance similar to some of the flamboyant, modernist Art Deco lettering of the period. [4] [8]
The design of Semplicità has sometimes been credited to type designer Alessandro Butti, [3] but Colizzi and Olocco do not credit it to a single designer, although Butti may have been the final draughtsman. [10] [11] [12] [13] [1]
Digitisations are available in commercial releases from Durotype and Canada Type, and an open-source version (shown) from Studio Di Lena, who require attribution as a condition of its use. [14] [15] [16] A proprietary digitisation has also been used by the French clothing company Céline. [17]
Semplicità was sold in a wide range of weights. Leonardo Di Lena lists the following styles in a Nebiolo catalogue: [16]
In addition, some swash capitals were offered and a shadowed capital face, Ombra, not to be confused with the similar Umbra font offered by Ludlow.
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Category | Sans-serif |
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Classification | Geometric |
Foundry | Nebiolo |
Date created | c. 1928 |
Semplicità is a sans-serif typeface of the geometric style. It was published by the Nebiolo type foundry of Turin, Italy from around 1928. [1] [2] [a]
Semplicità, named for the Italian for "simplicity", is an example of the new wave of "geometric" sans-serifs such as Erbar and Futura appearing in the late 1920s and early 1930s. [5] [6] [7] These designs were based on the proportions of the circle and the square and the influence of Roman square capitals, breaking from traditional "grotesque" designs of the nineteenth century. [6] [5] Semplicità, however, has a number of unusual features, including a 'U' with an angle, following the classical model, and an 'f' which descends below the baseline. [8] [b] It is also a "spurless" design, similar to the contemporary Bernhard Gothic and more recently FF Dax, in which most strokes end without terminals. [8] [3] These features give Semplicità an appearance similar to some of the flamboyant, modernist Art Deco lettering of the period. [4] [8]
The design of Semplicità has sometimes been credited to type designer Alessandro Butti, [3] but Colizzi and Olocco do not credit it to a single designer, although Butti may have been the final draughtsman. [10] [11] [12] [13] [1]
Digitisations are available in commercial releases from Durotype and Canada Type, and an open-source version (shown) from Studio Di Lena, who require attribution as a condition of its use. [14] [15] [16] A proprietary digitisation has also been used by the French clothing company Céline. [17]
Semplicità was sold in a wide range of weights. Leonardo Di Lena lists the following styles in a Nebiolo catalogue: [16]
In addition, some swash capitals were offered and a shadowed capital face, Ombra, not to be confused with the similar Umbra font offered by Ludlow.