“Egiziano Nero first appears in a Nebiolo type specimen in 1920 under the name Tondo Nero Normale as part of the Egizianio [sic] Serie 302. The design was supposedly electrotyped from Stevens Shanks Antique No. 6, which was originally an egyptian shown by Figgins in 1815. Like many foundry types, some of its letters vary considerably in form from size to size. In the 1970s Roger Black (b. 1948), art director at Rolling Stone magazine, discovered Egiziano Nero and it became one of his favorite typefaces. Dennis Ortiz-Lopez (b. 1949), a lettering artist who often worked for the music magazine, has digitized the Nebiolo design as OL Egiziano Classic, basing it on the Corpo 24 size. OL Egiziano Classic Black, like its model, has a larger x-height than the Figgins original and more consistent distribution of weight. Jim Parkinson has made an interpretation of Egiziano Nero as Sutro Heavy (2003).” [Shaw]

Monotype’s Egiziano Black goes back to a digitization made at Compugraphic.