Coronet
Coronet is an American typeface designed in 1937 by R.
Coronet
- Name
- Coronet
- Period
- 1937
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Coronet is an American typeface designed in 1937 by R.
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gnd · 16057287-3 · wikidata · Q2715818
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Coronet • Style — Script • Creationdate — 1937 • Creator — R. Hunter Middleton • Foundry — Ludlow • Variations — Ribbon 131 • Sample — * Illustration — Coronet sample text
Uses in popular culture
Uses in popular culture
• Andy Warhol's "signature" on the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico is done in this font. • Some of the credits for I Love Lucy were in this font; it was also the typeface used for the Desilu closing ident seen on The Lucy Show and the original Star Trek series. • It was used for the Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica logo. • The pound signs in the logo of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? were taken from Coronet. • Deftones uses Ribbon 131, Bitstream's digitisation of Coronet, on some of their albums. • Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever uses Coronet for its cover text and associated branding.
Chronology
Dated record
Chronology
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1937
Coronet first recorded.
1937
Coronet is recorded from 1937.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16057287-3, CoRoNet (2009 : Peking).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2715818: Coronet
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Jaspert, W. Pincus. Encyclopaedia of Type Faces. Cassell Paperbacks. 372. 2001. 1-84188-139-2.
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References
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authority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 16057287-3, CoRoNet (2009 : Peking).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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