Italia by Lettergraphics is a film typeface based
on an alphabet (not necessarily a typeface) shown by Frederick S.
Copley in 1877 as Italian
Print. This version of the “Italian” style was popular
in the U.S. in the second half of the 19th century. As opposed to
the
original Italians from the early 1800s, this is not fully
inverse stressed, but rather purely horizontally stressed. Many of
the vertical and diagonal strokes are light instead of heavy, for
example. This version also adds a decorative contour line above and
below the heavy strokes. Shown in a 1969 catalog by Lettergraphics,
with two sets of caps; plain and with double line. The rough
contours in the sample are not part of the design, but due to being
based on a rasterized showing.
Also carried by Castcraft as Axel (“similar to
Italia”) [Castcraft
1978] and by Solotype as Italianate
Barnum More…
Italia by Lettergraphics is a film typeface based on an alphabet (not necessarily a typeface) shown by Frederick S. Copley in 1877 as Italian Print. This version of the “Italian” style was popular in the U.S. in the second half of the 19th century. As opposed to the original Italians from the early 1800s, this is not fully inverse stressed, but rather purely horizontally stressed. Many of the vertical and diagonal strokes are light instead of heavy, for example. This version also adds a decorative contour line above and below the heavy strokes. Shown in a 1969 catalog by Lettergraphics, with two sets of caps; plain and with double line. The rough contours in the sample are not part of the design, but due to being based on a rasterized showing.
Also carried by Castcraft as Axel (“similar to Italia”) [Castcraft 1978] and by Solotype as Italianate Barnum [Solotype 1992]
See also OK Corral.
