Bembo
1 Britishnoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Bembo
C20: named after Pietro Bembo (1470–1547), Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal, because the design of the typeface was based on one used for an edition of his tract De ætna by the printer Aldus Manutius
Example Sentences
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In his book "The Light in Troy," literary scholar Thomas Greene points to a 1513 letter written by poet Pietro Bembo to Giovanfrancesco Pico della Mirandola.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022
In her delightful history, Watson brings the Bembo semicolon alive, describing “its comma-half tensely coiled, tail thorn-sharp beneath the perfect orb thrown high above it.”
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 15, 2019
She is meticulous in her design: the stone is “Lake Placid Blue” as her homage to Yale’s blue and numerals use Bembo font as a link to Yale publications.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2017
This is the Italy of Michelangelo and Pinturicchio: in Ferrara Bembo is writing sonnets and in Milan Leonardo is modelling his doomed sculpture of Francesco Sforza.
From The Guardian ● May 2, 2013
I often wonder whether Bembo really meant anything at all by this judgment, except an elegant turn of verse.
From Naples Past and Present by Arthur H. Norway
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