Bembo Typogr.
(ˈbɛmbəʊ)
The name given to a type face cut in 1929 by the Monotype Corporation after that used by Aldus Manutius (see Aldine) in his edition of De ætna, a tract by the Italian cardinal and scholar Pietro Bembo (1470–1547).
| 1930 Fleuron VII. 178 The consummate distribution of the shading over the finely proportioned skeleton gives the new Bembo a singular ‘presence’ on the page. 1935 Berry & Johnson Catal. Specimens Printing Types l, The extension of the ascenders makes the 12-point size [of Perpetua] look ‘small’ in comparison with the 12 point of Fournier, Baskerville, and the Aldine Bembo. 1945 O. Simon Introd. Typogr. iii. 12 The roman lower-case letters of Scotch and Baskerville, for instance, are wide and generous, whilst, at the other extreme, Fournier and Bembo occupy considerably less width. |