More Fonts by
Luca Pacioli,
Matt Desmond
Related Albums:
Orco
Creative Writing Program
Kathryn's Album
Posters 2 Prints
Matt's Old Fonts Album
Jessica's Album
West End Massage
Lothnian Album
Ten Album
Montrose Designworks
Riva
EASTER 2008
the refinery
collagista's wishlist
Tiffany's Album
Genevieve's Album
Structure Album
cheryl's Album
Enid's Album
Patricia 's Album
<< previous | next >> | up to Family Tree | index
Pacioli from MADType Pacioli is a MADType font family with 1 style priced from $19.00. Click the Purchase Options button below to view pricing and availability information. |
|
| ||||||
| Pacioli |  | |||||
| $19.00 | |||||
Gallery Images
 Pacioli 1 |
 Pacioli 2 |
Click images to enlarge
Design Credits
First seen on MyFonts: January 25th, 2007
Designed by: Luca Pacioli, Matt Desmond
Designed when: 2007
Contained in Categories: Decorative & Display, Garalde, Glyphic
Design owned by: MADType
MyFonts Keywords: 2000s, ancient, architect, capitalis, constructed, decorative, elegant, experimental, formal, garalde, geometric, glyphic, italian, latin, model, regal, roman, royal, serif, trajan [suggest]
Pacioli
This font is based on an alphabet published by Luca Pacioli in his 1509 mathematical treatise De divina proportione. In this book, Pacioli describes how to build the Roman alphabet geometrically using lines, squares and circles.
Pacioli was not the first or the last man in his era to describe the building of letters mathematically. Felice Feliciano did this before Pacioli, and Albrecht Dürer further developed these forms years after. According to Pacioli, the thick strokes should be 1/9th of the height, and the thin strokes should have 1/2 the weight of the thick strokes.
I felt that this beautiful alphabet needed to be restored to its full geometric glory and set out to construct an accurate replica using Pacioli’s instructions. Included in the font you'll find the letters that have the grid overlay and also the letters without the grid. The letters J, W, U, and Z were not included in the book, so I have created my own versions of these characters that fit into Pacioli’s grid. Pacioli shows two different Os in the book, so I have included the second O as well as a second J, Q, and Z as OpenType stylistic alternates. Also included in the font are border patterns and a fleuron taken from the cover of the book.
Not quite what you’re looking for?
Try looking at more fonts like this.
About Us — Testimonials — Sell Your Fonts — Become an Affiliate — Site Map — Sign In
MyFonts 245 First Street 17th Floor Cambridge MA 02142 USA
MyFonts and MyFonts.com are registered trademarks of Bitstream, Inc.
WhatTheFont and Starlets are trademarks of Bitstream, Inc.
Copyright © 1999–2008 Bitstream, Inc.
PRIVACY POLICY