Della Robbia
Della Robbia is a typeface designed by Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880–1964) in 1902 for American Type Founders (ATF). It was designed to be a careful and scholarly creation of a typeface from 15th Century Florentine inscriptional capitals. It was named after Luca Della Robbia, a Florentine sculptor.
Della Robbia
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Della Robbia is a typeface designed by Thomas Maitland Cleland (1880–1964) in 1902 for American Type Founders (ATF). It was designed to be a careful and scholarly creation of a typeface from 15th Century Florentine inscriptional capitals. It was named after Luca Della Robbia, a Florentine sculptor.
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It was later cast by Lanston Monotype (1915), Deberny & Peignot (1917), and Intertype, cast as Westminster Old Style by Stephenson Blake (1907), and cast as Firenze by Typefoundry Amsterdam. The font is used in the credits for digitally remastered versions of seasons 14 to 17 of the television series Doctor Who, replacing the original font used by the BBC, Cantoria. It was also used as the title art for Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical film The Fabelmans (2022).
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Della Robbia (typeface) • Style — Serif • Classifications — Incised Old style • Creator — Thomas Maitland Cleland Morris Fuller Benton • Foundry — ATF Linotype Lanston Monotype Bitstream Inc. • Creationdate — 1902
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1902
Della Robbia first recorded.
1902
Della Robbia is recorded from 1902.
1902
Della Robbia was established or created in 1902.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500335457, Della Robbia.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q28457826: Della Robbia
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- 1.Della Robbia™ - Webfont & Desktop font « MyFonts. www.myfonts.com.
- 2.Consuegra, David. Classic Typefaces: American Type and Type Designers. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. 2011-10-10. 9781621535829.
- 3.W. Turner Berry and A. F. Johnson. Encyclopædia of Type Faces. Blandford Press. 142–143. 1953.
- 4.MacGrew, Mac, American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, Oak Knoll Books, New Castle Delaware, 1993, , pp. 116 + 117, and Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson, The Encyclopedia of Type Faces, Blandford Press Lts., 1983, , p. 240.
- 5.Archived copy.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500335457, Della Robbia.The Getty Research Institute
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