Griffo Classico™ Font Family

Griffo Classico™ Roman (Omnibus Typografi) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Griffo Classico™ Roman SC (Omnibus Typografi) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Griffo Classico™ Italic (Omnibus Typografi) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Griffo Classico™ Bold (Omnibus Typografi) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Griffo Classico™ Bold Italic (Omnibus Typografi) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 26.00

Griffo Classico Complete Family Pack (Omnibus Typografi) More details ... Add to shopping cart Price from: US$ 117.00

Francesco Griffo (also Francesco da Bologna) – born 1450, died 1518 in Bologna, Italy – type founder, punch cutter, type designer. Trained as a punch cutter and type founder in Bologna. 1495: works with Aldus Manutius, for whom he cuts Greek alphabets and in 1501 an italic typeface for a Virgil edition. 1496: cuts the alphabet for Pietro Bembo’s "De Aetna", . 1502: parts company with Aldus Manutius. 1503: cuts an italic typeface for the printer Gershom Soncino in Fano. 1516: opens his own [...]

Designer Franko Luin created the following fonts: Ad Hoc, Baskerville™ Classico, Birka™, Bodoni™ Classico, Carniola™, Caslon Classico™, Devin™, Dialog™, Emona™, Esperanto™, Fortuna™, Garamond Classico™, Griffo Classico™, Humana™, Isolde™, Jenson Classico™, Jesper™, Jonatan™, Kalix™, Kasper™, Kis Classico™, Marco Polo™, Memento™, Miramar™, Norma™, Nyfors™, Odense™, Omnibus™, Pax™, Pax™ #2, Persona™, Ragnar™, Res Publica™, Rustika™, Saga™, Semper™, Transport™, Vega™. Franko Luin, born 6. 4. [...]

Griffo Classico™ was produced by Franko Luin in 1993. It is a revival inspired by the types cut by Francesco Griffo for the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius at the end of the fifteenth century. The roman is based on the type Griffo cut in 1496 for Bembo's "de Aetna," and the italic on a type he cut in 1501 for an edition of Virgil. Griffo did not make separate italic caps, so Luin designed his own for Griffo Classico. This is a serviceable family with five weights, including small caps.