About Alessandro Butti
Lived 1893 – 1959 (aged 65–66). Alessandro Butti was an Italian typographer, graphic designer and calligrapher.
Alessandro Butti (b. 1893 – d. 1959 in Turin) was an Italian type designer who lived and worked mostly in Turin, where he was art director of the Nebiolo type foundry. He also taught at the Scuola Vigliani-Paravia. Microgramma is his most famous face. After Butti's death, his collaborator on that face, Aldo Novarese, added a lower case which was then called Eurostile.
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Who was Alessandro Butti?
Italian type designer (1893–1959)
When was Alessandro Butti born?
Alessandro Butti was born on 29 June 1893 in Turin.
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Alessandro Butti died in 1959 in Turin.
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Alessandro Butti was a typographer, graphic designer and calligrapher.
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Alessandro Butti was Italian.
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