Lutetia

typeface

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design by Krimpen

  • In Jan van Krimpen

    The typeface he produced, Lutetia (the Roman name for Paris), was the official lettering for an exhibition of Dutch art in Paris in 1927, and its reception led to his lifelong association with the firm. In addition to Lutetia, van Krimpen’s well-known faces include Antigone Greek (1927), Romanée (1928),…

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  • Morison, Stanley: Times New Roman sample
    In typography: The private-press movement

    Among them are Lutetia, a modern roman and italic of great distinction; Romulus, a family of text types that includes a sloped roman letter instead of the conventional italic; and Cancellaresca Bastarda, an italic notable for its great number of attractive decorative capitals, ligatures, and other swash (i.e.,…

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