Fonts in use in Vinci
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:52 am
Vinci, west of Florence, is where Leonardo da Vinci was born.
There is a museum about Leonardo da Vinci. At the time of writing this post, Google Streetview goes past it only from the rear. However, there are some good scene-setting views.
In relation to fonts, the nearest to the museum is on the poster on the grass peninsula in the following display.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.7 ... 3,,0,-3.38
User Photos at this location include some views of a statue of a horse, which horse looks like the Leonardo design.
On the poster in the direct Streetview display is an interesting graphic and if one follows the route that Streetview offers moving forward toward the north then the top of a large version of it is displayed over the top of a wall to the left some way along the route. There are then also some pictures in the User Photos section.
On the way there, there are some stylish uses of fonts.
This is a reverse view displaying a stylish script face. Zooming-in displays a larger view.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c ... 98876&z=19
Here is another reverse view, displaying another stylish script face. Zooming-in displays a larger view.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c ... 98876&z=19
There is also a webspace about the museum.
http://www.leonet.it/comuni/vinci/
I have been wondering if anyone knows of whether Leonardo da Vinci ever had anything to do with fonts and printing.
Leonardo was born in 1452. Gutenberg produced the first book printed with moveable type in 1456 or maybe just before. Nicolas Jenson was printing in Venice in 1470, when Leonardo was 18.
Some readers may like this link to a font based on Leonardo da Vinci's handwriting. I first saw this font in use for captions on a television programme about Leonardo da Vinci on Channel 4 here in England some years ago. I emailed Channel 4 and they sent me a link to P22 webspace.
http://www.p22.com/products/daVinci.html
Please note particularly the link to the Preview in Typecaster facility. It's great fun.
William Overington
30 January 2010
There is a museum about Leonardo da Vinci. At the time of writing this post, Google Streetview goes past it only from the rear. However, there are some good scene-setting views.
In relation to fonts, the nearest to the museum is on the poster on the grass peninsula in the following display.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=43.7 ... 3,,0,-3.38
User Photos at this location include some views of a statue of a horse, which horse looks like the Leonardo design.
On the poster in the direct Streetview display is an interesting graphic and if one follows the route that Streetview offers moving forward toward the north then the top of a large version of it is displayed over the top of a wall to the left some way along the route. There are then also some pictures in the User Photos section.
On the way there, there are some stylish uses of fonts.
This is a reverse view displaying a stylish script face. Zooming-in displays a larger view.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c ... 98876&z=19
Here is another reverse view, displaying another stylish script face. Zooming-in displays a larger view.
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&layer=c ... 98876&z=19
There is also a webspace about the museum.
http://www.leonet.it/comuni/vinci/
I have been wondering if anyone knows of whether Leonardo da Vinci ever had anything to do with fonts and printing.
Leonardo was born in 1452. Gutenberg produced the first book printed with moveable type in 1456 or maybe just before. Nicolas Jenson was printing in Venice in 1470, when Leonardo was 18.
Some readers may like this link to a font based on Leonardo da Vinci's handwriting. I first saw this font in use for captions on a television programme about Leonardo da Vinci on Channel 4 here in England some years ago. I emailed Channel 4 and they sent me a link to P22 webspace.
http://www.p22.com/products/daVinci.html
Please note particularly the link to the Preview in Typecaster facility. It's great fun.
William Overington
30 January 2010