- Korinna
Korinna is a German "jugendstil" (
Art Nouveau ) seriftypeface , first released by the H. Berthold AG type foundry in 1904. A revival of the typeface was designed in 1974 by Ed Benguiat and Vic Caruso for theInternational Typeface Corporation (ITC). Their version follows the formulary ITC approach of increased x-height, and multiple weights from light to ultra. The face is named for the c. sixth century BC Greek woman poet.Notable uses
* Korinna has been used on television
game show s, including as the font for viewer-submitted "Whammy poetry" on "Press Your Luck " and as the display font for clues on theAlex Trebek -hosted version of "Jeopardy! " It was also used as the chapter placard typeface for the television seriesFrasier andMork and Mindy .References
* Blackwell, Lewis. "20th Century Type." Yale University Press: 2004. ISBN 0-300-10073-6.
* Fiedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein. "Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Through History." Black Dog & Leventhal: 1998. ISBN 1-57912-023-7.
* Jaspert, Beny and Johnson. "Encyclopedia of Typefaces." Cassell Paperback, London; 2001. ISBN 1-84188-139-2.See also
Benguiat , a similar-styled typeface by ITC
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