Microgramma™ Font Family

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Aldo Novarese – born 29.6.1920 in Pontetura Monferrato, Italy, died 16.9.1995 in Turin, Italy – type designer, teacher. 1931-33: Attends the Scuola Arteri Stampatori in Turin, where he learns woodcut, copper engraving and lithography. 1933-36: attends the Scuola Tipografica Guiseppe Vigliandi Paravia in Turin. 1936: joins the Nebiolo type foundry in Turin as a draftsman. 1938: is awarded a gold medal in the national Ludi Juveniles art competition. 1948-58: teaches graphic drawing at the [...]

Alessandro Butti – born 1893, died 1959 in Turin, Italy – type designer, teacher. Art director of the Nebiolo type foundry in Turin. Taught at the Scuola Vigliani-Paravia. Fonts: Paganini (with A. Bertieri, 1928), Quirius (1939), Athenaeum™ (with Aldo Novarese, 1945), Normandia (with Aldo Novarese, 1946–49), Rondine (1948), Augustea™ (with Aldo Novarese, 1951), Fluidum (1951), Microgramma™ (with Aldo Novarese, 1952). * TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques [...]

Following to Swiss design principles, Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese designed the Microgramma font for the Nebiolo typefoundry in 1952. Microgramma is wide, almost like an "extended" font, and it has the typical look of 1950s industrial design. The font has been immensely popular as a display face ever since its original release. Use it in large sizes to help get your message across to readers.