Part of CAST’s Alfabeti
Modernisti, a collection of revivals of Italian modernist wood
and metal typefaces from the 1930s to 1940s, based on Luca
Lattuga’s research.
“Udine was produced as a wood type by the Nebiolo
company in Turin. It first appeared in a 1933 catalogue in five
sizes, from 8 to 40 lines (roughly from 100 to 500 points). […] The
resemblance to Neon) is so striking that it is likely that
Udine was the first attempt at a modular typeface
which, after further development, became the Neon
family. Giulio Da Milano and Alessandro Butti, the former as an art
director and the latter as a draftsman, are no doubt the designers
of this type (though reducing Butti’s contribution to preparing the
pattern drawing for production More…
Part of CAST’s Alfabeti Modernisti, a collection of revivals of Italian modernist wood and metal typefaces from the 1930s to 1940s, based on Luca Lattuga’s research.
“Udine was produced as a wood type by the Nebiolo company in Turin. It first appeared in a 1933 catalogue in five sizes, from 8 to 40 lines (roughly from 100 to 500 points). […] The resemblance to Neon) is so striking that it is likely that Udine was the first attempt at a modular typeface which, after further development, became the Neon family. Giulio Da Milano and Alessandro Butti, the former as an art director and the latter as a draftsman, are no doubt the designers of this type (though reducing Butti’s contribution to preparing the pattern drawing for production probably does little justice to him). After the Second World War, the production of wood-type Neon made Udine redundant, and it disappeared from Nebiolo’s catalogues.” [CAST]
The original Udine also came in a negative version. Such glyphs are available in AM Udine via a Stylistic Set.
