Coronet (typeface)

Coronet (typeface)
Coronet
Coronet font.svg
Category Script
Designer(s) R. Hunter Middleton
Foundry Ludlow
Coronet sample text
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Coronet is an American typeface designed in 1937 by R. Hunter Middleton[1]. It is also sometimes known as "Ribbon 131".

Uses in Popular Culture

  • Andy Warhol's "signature" on the cover of Velvet Underground and Nico is done in this font.

References

  1. ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, W. Turner; Johnson, A. F. (2001) [1953]. Encyclopaedia of Type Faces (Fourth edition ed.). London: Cassell Paperbacks. p. 372. ISBN 1-84188-139-2. 



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