A typeface with biform alternates designed by Aldo Novarese for
VGC. Several sources give a 1973 date, but Sintex
already appears in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus
Vol. 3 (1971) and was
used in 1970. Sometimes listed as Sintex 1
[VGC 1972] or Sintex
No. 1 [Lettergraphics 1970] [Solo 1992]. It’s unclear if Novarese
designed a Sintex 2.
Hopfen
is a version with many additional alternates, shown by Castcraft
[Castcraft 1978] and FotoStar
[post-1981 catalog]. The same alternates
are included in Keyhole, Formatt’s version for
dry-transfer lettering. In Keyhole, upper- and
lowercase glyphs don’t have a common height, unlike in
Sintex and Hopfen. [Formatt 1974]
Sintex is similar to Strada (1967), Zipper
(1970) and Beat More…
A typeface with biform alternates designed by Aldo Novarese for VGC. Several sources give a 1973 date, but Sintex already appears in PLINC’s Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 3 (1971) and was used in 1970. Sometimes listed as Sintex 1 [VGC 1972] or Sintex No. 1 [Lettergraphics 1970] [Solo 1992]. It’s unclear if Novarese designed a Sintex 2.
Hopfen is a version with many additional alternates, shown by Castcraft [Castcraft 1978] and FotoStar [post-1981 catalog]. The same alternates are included in Keyhole, Formatt’s version for dry-transfer lettering. In Keyhole, upper- and lowercase glyphs don’t have a common height, unlike in Sintex and Hopfen. [Formatt 1974]
Sintex is similar to Strada (1967), Zipper (1970) and Beat Star (1972). Stretto is a digital revival.
