From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia FF Scala
FF Scala
Bibliography
• Lupton, Ellen. Graphic Design and Typography in the
Netherlands: A View of Recent Work. Princeton
Architectural Press: 1992. ISBN 1-878271-62-8.
• Friedl, Frederich, Nicholas Ott and Bernard Stein.
Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and
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• Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Style.
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• Middendorp, Jan: Dutch Type, 010 Publishers: 2004,
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• Lupton, Ellen. Thinking with Type: A critical guide for
designers, writers, editors, & students. Princeton
Architectural Press: 2004. ISBN 1-56898-448-0.
Category Serif • Spiekermann, Erik; Middendorp, Jan: Made with
FontFont, Book Industry Services (BIS): 2006, ISBN
Classification Humanist
978-9063691295
Designer(s) Martin Majoor • Thi Truong, Mai-Linh; Siebert, Jürgen; Spiekermann,
Erik: FontBook – Digital Typeface Compendium, FSI
Foundry FSI FontShop International
FontShop International: 2006, ISBN 978-3930023042
FF Scala is an old style, humanist, serif typeface designed
by Dutch typeface designer Martin Majoor in 1990 for the References
Vredenburg Music Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
The FF Scala font family was named for the Teatro alla
Scala (1776–78) in Milan. Like many contemporary Dutch External links
serif faces, FF Scala is not an academic revival of a sin- • FF Scala microsite A website fully dedicated to FF
gle historic typeface but shows influences of several his- Scala
toric models. Similarities can be seen with William Addi- • Writing With Scala Typespecimen by Ellen Lupton
son Dwiggins’ 1935 design Electra in its clarity of form, (2005)
and rhythmic, highly calligraphic italics. Eric Gill’s 1931 • www.martinmajoor.com Martin Majoor’s official
typeface Joanna (released by Monotype in 1937), with its website
old style armature but nearly square serifs is also similar • My Type Design Philosophy by Martin Majoor (2002)
in its nearly mono-weighted stroke width. • Types and Characters: Martin Majoor Brochure by Nina
FF Scala is a complete typeface family. True small Völlink (2007)
capitals, a wide range of ligatures, lining, and non-lining • Martin Majoor on fontshop.com
(old style figures) are available. A companion sans-serif • Uses of FF Scala
version, FF Scala Sans was released in 1992. In 1997 a dec-
orative variety of capitals titled FF Scala Jewels was re-
leased. These show influence of Dutch Baroque decora-
tive capitals. The FF Scala face and its related faces are
widely used in publishing. FF Scala used to be the house
typeface for the prominent Dutch newspaper Algemeen
Dagblad and for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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