Designed by Frederic Warde and first cut in 1925 at Paris by
Charles Plumet. Named Arrighi, being based on the
chancery cursive of Ludovico
degli Arrighi, with roman caps. A second private version known
as Vicenza and distinguished by left-pointing top
serifs was used by the Officina Bodoni in 1926.
Arrighi was then adapted for the English Monotype
Corporation as a companion italic to Bruce Rogers’ Centaur,
again with left-pointing top serifs and now with italic caps.
[Ransom]
Monotype’s Arrighi was issued before 1928 [Letterform
Archive] or in 1929. [McGrew
1993] [Reichardt
2011]
Released by Monotype/Adobe in digital form as Centaur
Italic. Berthold’s digital Arrighi/Centaur
family named Arrighi BQ is no longer available as of
2021. Colin More…
Designed by Frederic Warde and first cut in 1925 at Paris by Charles Plumet. Named Arrighi, being based on the chancery cursive of Ludovico degli Arrighi, with roman caps. A second private version known as Vicenza and distinguished by left-pointing top serifs was used by the Officina Bodoni in 1926. Arrighi was then adapted for the English Monotype Corporation as a companion italic to Bruce Rogers’ Centaur, again with left-pointing top serifs and now with italic caps. [Ransom] Monotype’s Arrighi was issued before 1928 [Letterform Archive] or in 1929. [McGrew 1993] [Reichardt 2011]
Released by Monotype/Adobe in digital form as Centaur Italic. Berthold’s digital Arrighi/Centaur family named Arrighi BQ is no longer available as of 2021. Colin Kahn’s LTC Metropolitan (2005) covers Centaur and both versions of Arrighi.
