![]() ![]() Possibly the oldest book font in predominant use today, it is an adaptation of the Roman style font that was originally cut and cast by Venetian printer Francesco Griffo for use on famed scholar, Pietro Bembo’s poetry book. When you next use these fonts, I hope they give you the added sense of tradition and history that these beautiful letters bring to your designs and messages. The following fonts are close derivations of the original punch cut letterforms and print press font styles that fed printing presses in the 14 th Century and beyond. They have weathered the test of time because they reflect a lost age of craftsmen in which fonts were hand-crafted with meticulous precision and artistry. Some fonts are timeless in the way they look.
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