Alessandro Butti

Alessandro Butti ( born June 29, 1893 in Turin, Italy, † 1959 in Turin ) was an Italian typographer.

Biography

Alessandro Butti is one of the most important typographers in Italy. Novarese try, among other things. the well-known font Microgramma with Aldo Novarese. Butti led the foundry Nebbiolo as artistic director.

Font designs (selection)

  • 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)
  • Fluid (1951 )
  • Microgramma ( with Aldo Novarese, 1952).

Swell

  • Alessandro Butti - Font Designer of Microgramma, Augustea. linotype.com. Retrieved on May 7, 2011.
  • Typographer
  • Italian
  • Born in 1893
  • Died in 1959
  • Man
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