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 Scuola Vigliandi Paravia in Turin. From 1952 onwards: art director at the Nebiolo type foundry, 1956: is awarded a gold medal by the Milan trade fair and exhibitions center. 1975: leaves the Nebiolo type foundry and starts working as a freelance type designer. 1979: is awarded the Compasso d’Oro.
Fonts:
Landi Linear (1943),
Arbiter® BQ (1989),
Athenaeum™ (with A. Butti, 1945),
Central, Normandia (with A. Butti, 1951),
Colossalis® BQ (1984),
Microgramma™ (with A. Butti, 1952), Cigno (1954) Fontanesi (1954),
Egizio (1955-58), Juliet (1955),
Ritmo™ (1955), Garaldus (1956), Slogan (1957), Recta (1958-61), Estro (1961),
Eurostile™ (1962),
Eurostile Next (2008), Forma (1966), Magister (1966), Metropol (1967),
Stop™ (1971),
Lapidar® BQ (1977),
Fenice® (1977-80),
Agfa Nadianne™,
Novarese® (1978), Expert (1983),
ITC Symbol® (1984),
ITC Mixage® (1985),
Fluidum (1998).
Publications include: "Alfabeta", Turin 1964.
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
