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Poliphilus

Poliphilus®

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Poliphilus Font Family was designed by Francesco Griffo, Monotype Studio and published by Monotype. Poliphilus contains 1 styles.

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About Poliphilus Font Family


Poliphilus is a facsimile of the text of the 'Hypnerotomachia Poliphili', after which it is named, published by Aldus Manutius in Venice in 1499, using a type that had been cut by Francesco Griffo. As a design, Poliphilus is related to Bembo, but whereas Bembo was redrawn, with the intention of making a new face based on an old design, Poliphilus is an exact copy of fifteenth century printing on hand made paper. So exact in fact that even the original ink spread is reproduced. This may not seem like a very sound idea for a typeface, but the letterforms are good and the design is functionally successful. Blado, the italic for use with Poliphilus, was used by Antonio Blado in 1539, and designed by the calligrapher Ludovico degli Arrighi. The Poliphilus type is used mainly for book and text work."

Designers: Francesco Griffo, Monotype Studio

Publisher: Monotype

Foundry: Monotype

Original Foundry: Adobe

Design Owner: Monotype

MyFonts debut: Dec 12, 2001

Poliphilus® is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

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