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75:, and the result was Simoncini Garamond, loosely based on the original. It was successfully used by Einaudi, and subsequently adopted by many other publishers. Another of his typefaces, Aster, is still very popular. He designed it in 1958, and originally intended it for use in newspapers and books. Simoncini died in 1967. Digital versions of his fonts are now available through 125: 271: 102:- Roman w/ Italic & small caps, Roman w/ Bold, superiors & inferiors (1958, F. Simoncini), also available as foundry type from 166: 142: 59:
established by Italian type designer Francesco Simoncini shortly after the Second World War. Simoncini had worked with the
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Simoncini Garamond - Roman w/ Italic & small caps, Roman w/ Italic, Roman w/ Bold (1958-61, F. Simoncini and
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Simoncini SA. Untitled, undated (1960s) 8-panel English language brochure of matrices and equipment.
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to design a new typeface for his publishing house. Einaudi wanted a new face based on
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Permanent - Light w/ Bold, Light w/ Italic, also available as foundry type from
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Aster Cyrillic variant - Roman w/ Italic & small caps, Roman w/ Bold
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before becoming the founder and managing director of his own firm in
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Armstrong (1970, F. Simoncini), also available as foundry type from
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Life - Roman w/ Italic & small caps, Roman w/ Bold (1965,
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Selene - Cyrillic variant - Roman w/ Italic, Roman w/ Bold
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Selene - Roman w/ Italic & small caps, Roman w/ Bold
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Ionic - Roman w/ Italic & small caps, Roman w/ Bold
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Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson.
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Simplicitas - Light w/ Bold, superiors & inferiors
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These linecaster matrices were produced by Simoncini:
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Beograd - Cyrillic - Light w/ Italic, Light w/ Bold
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Index

Type foundry
Bologna
linecaster matrices
Ludwig & Mayer foundry
Bologna
Giulio Einaudi
Garamond
Linotype
Ludwig & Mayer
Aster
Ludwig & Mayer
Bodoni
Johannes Schweitzer
Ludwig & Mayer
W. Bilz
Ludwig & Mayer
Ludwig & Mayer
W. Bilz
Ludwig & Mayer
"Francesco Simoncini"
ISBN
0-7137-1347-X
Categories
Letterpress font foundries
Metal companies of Italy
Manufacturing companies based in Bologna

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