Bembo

¹ British  

/ ˈbɛmbo /

noun

1. Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1470–1547, Italian scholar, poet, and cardinal (1539). His treatise Prose della volgar lingua (1525) helped to establish a standard form of literary Italian

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Bembo ² British  

/ ˈbɛmbəʊ /

noun

1. a style of type

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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

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

He also loves to mention typefaces — Bembo, Baskerville, Garamond, Caslon and Janson come up a lot — and the names of beautiful papers: Amalfi, Fabriano, Nideggen.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Its author, Pietro Bembo, is best known today not for his book but for the typeface, designed by Francesco Griffo, in which the first semicolon was displayed: Bembo.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

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

In 1502 Aldus produced the first “pocket” edition in his new “italic” type, probably cut from the handwriting of his friend Bembo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various