(x) Marathon Fr(ID)ay - 12 of 13 - Koch Rivoli {Mike Freiman}

Jared Benson
5.Sep.2003 12.06pm
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almost... there.........

12

another one that's close is Locarno, specifically Locarno Italic...

http://www.identifont.com/show?304


I don't have Texts on Type in front of me, but I remember an article
on American Knockoffs.
Rivoli is the "American Knockoff" of Locarno?


No Stephen, not that one. I'm again working from the Solotype Catalog, which lists two Rivoli Initials. One of them is your RR tyepface, the other Jared's match except for something I'd missed earlier


Yikes. Why did my text not wrap?

Scrollsville man!


Following Harold Lohner's pointer to an original font name
of Zierbuchstaben, I discovered that Dieter Steffmann's
fonts (PC only) are back online (Hooray! says I) and he
offers a version called Koch Antiqua Zierbuchstaben.

Lohner states that Koch's Zierbuchstaben was designed
as a companion to Koch Antiqua and Steffman's font
incorporates Koch Antiqua's lower case.

Unfortunately, Steffman's version is rougher and he seems
to have neglected the 'I'.

So what do you think Jared? Does your image simply
incorporate an alternate 'U'?




Jason Castle of castletype.com might know.


Talk about posting big-a$$ samples. You of all people
should know better, Jared.


This just yells Lucian Bernhard...


Here are Red Rooster's Rivoli Initials. Not quite, but similar idea.


> So what do you think Jared? Does your image simply
incorporate an alternate 'U'?

I think Mike can claim this one: most definitely alternate
'U' cuz everything else matches. Congrats, Mr. Freiman.
What a team!


Rivoli Initials. I'm pretty sure I've seen it digitized, but will have to hunt.