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(x) Lubalin favourite extreme contrast modern serif - Pistilli Roman (Didoni) {Mark S}

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Posted by Varglarsen in
3 Mar 2006 — 6:32am

Here is a often used by Herb Lubalin. Does anyone here know it by name?

Alessandro Segalini
3 Mar 2006 — 6:56am
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Didone. MT Bodoni Poster ?

Mark Simonson
3 Mar 2006 — 7:54am
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It's Pistilli Roman, which hasn't yet been digitized. Phil Martin's Didoni is a close copy, but the digital version's hairlines are not nearly as thin.

Phil's version was not a straight knock-off. He added a bunch of swash and alternate characters. Ironically, Phil's contributions are missing from the URW digitization, so what you get is essentially just a knock-off of Pistilli Roman.

Varglarsen
6 Mar 2006 — 3:23am
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Thanks. Shame about the hairlines... really like Pistillis contrast

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