Contemporary Italian Type Design

Posted by Luke Harris in

13 Jan 2010 — 12:14pm

I am designing the graphic content of a small museum celebrating the Italian immigrant contribution to Australian culture. My clients want a very contemporary look. I wondered if other typophiles might be able to recommend any recent (post Novarese) type design work coming out of Italy that would be appropriate. I need display type and a type family for bigger blocks of information. Any assistance much appreciated.

hrant
13 Jan 2010 — 12:35pm

Contemporary look? How does that jive with the topic?

hhp

riccard0
13 Jan 2010 — 12:46pm

I would start from here:
http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/italy.html
http://new.myfonts.com/search/italy/people/

tungsteno
13 Jan 2010 — 2:45pm

http://www.progetto-italic.org/

http://molotro.com/type.html
http://www.pinggera.it/weblog/
http://www.leftloft.com/projects/LFT-Etica/
http://cavedoni.com/
http://www.fsd.it/
http://www.alessio.de/
http://www.giofugatype.com/

http://www.aiap.it/libreria.php?ID=1330
http://www.aiap.it/libreria.php?ID=78

Domenico
13 Jan 2010 — 2:56pm

I'd also check out http://www.myfonts.com/country/it/.

Sorry to be a little off topic, but being an Italian Melburnian I'm interested in these exhibitions; could you tell me where and when the exhibition will be held or better still a link to a site with information on the exhibition?

Luke Harris
13 Jan 2010 — 4:28pm

All the helpful links are much appreciated. I just noticed the new HF&J release (Vitesse) which picks up on elements of Eurostile. Re Domenico's post, it is a new space being developed within the City of Melbourne -- it will be a permanent facility (opening later in 2010?), located in Carlton, but I should be circumspect and leave promotion of it to my client.

Domenico
13 Jan 2010 — 5:37pm

Vitesse, nice choice; a modern take on the slab-serif which should satisfy the client's request for a contemporary look.

"it will be a permanent facility (opening later in 2010?), located in Carlton"
Where else but Carlton? It sounds great, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it.

hrant
13 Jan 2010 — 5:46pm

The Eurostile angle of Vitesse seems just the ticket, and I think it might even be usable for a moderate amount of text. If you need a separate but matching display font, check out Linotype's Morris Sans.

hhp

Luke Harris
13 Jan 2010 — 9:37pm

Thanks all for your constructive suggestions -- this is an excellent service/community.

Stephen Coles
13 Jan 2010 — 10:44pm