Designed over three years after the second World War, and published in 1949 by the Nebiolo foundry, Normandia was Alessandro Butti’s take on the fat face. As it usually was with Butti’s designs, this...
by Staff · Published February 27, 2020
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Designed to Swiss principles by Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese for Nebiolo in 1952 as an improvement on the squared-off Bank Gothic capitals. The design was revisited by the same designers ten years later;...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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Augustea was designed by Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese and is one of the most popular classical, monumental letterforms featureing a stone cut effect. This font is based on the classic proportions of Capitalis,...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
The famous Italian type designer and Nebiolo director Alessandro Butti designed Rondine in 1948. Not so surprisingly – given its beauty – it quickly became quite a commonly copied metal type. But for some...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Simplo: the ‘Italian Futura’.Simplo is a geometric sans serif typeface, built in sixteen styles. It is a tribute to the 1930s typeface Semplicità, designed by Nebiolo’s Alessandro Butti. Although many details of Simplo differ...