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Prangs

Sudtipos · Alejandro Paul

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serifDidone italic revival
Prangs specimen from Sudtipos

A high-contrast Didone italic revival from an alphabet in Louis Prang's sign-painter instructional book, winner of a Communication Arts Certificate of Excellence.

About

Prangs revives an alphabet Louis Prang, the "father of the American Christmas card", published for sign painters, lithographers and illuminators, an alphabet simply titled "Italic" with an almost entirely cursive-connected lowercase. Three weights bring it to fashion, luxury and editorial branding.

Classification

Revives a high-contrast Didone italic from an alphabet in Louis Prang's sign-painter instructional book, distinguished by an almost entirely cursive-connected lowercase.

Weights

LightRegularBlack

Languages

LatinLatin Extended

Tags

serifdidonefashionluxuryeditorial