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Sistina®

by Zapf Alphabets
Individual Styles from $29.99 USD
The Sistina Font Family was designed by Hermann Zapf and published by Zapf Alphabets. Sistina contains 1 styles.

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Sistina, designed by Hermann Zapf in 1950 was first named Aurelia Titling. It is a heavy supplement to the Michelangelo Titling based on studies of inscriptions in Rome. First release in hotmetal at D. Stempel AG, Frankfurt in 1951. Sistina was originally an all caps font. The digital version from Linotype contains small caps. Hermann Zapf together with Akira Kobayashi, type director from Linotype had made a new revised version of Sistina now named as Palatino Imperial" in the Palatino nova type family, a Platinum Collection product from Linotype."

Designers: Hermann Zapf

Publisher: Zapf Alphabets

Foundry: Zapf Alphabets

Design Owner: Linotype

MyFonts debut: Jul 28, 2003

Sistina® is a trademark of Monotype GmbH registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.