Magister
Lost to history when Fiat bought a type foundry
Magister is a serif typeface originally designed by Aldo Novarese for the Nebiolo foundry in 1966 as a stylistically richer alternative to Times New Roman. After Nebiolo's financial collapse and acquisition by Fiat in the 1970s, the face was largely lost. Source Type's Laurenz Brunner revived and expanded it—adding extended weights, a monospace style, and a variable font—releasing it publicly for the first time in 2025.
Set in Magister
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- Revival research included archival visits to the Archivio Tipografico in Turin and design archives in Milan.
- Brunner first used a digitized version of Magister in 2013 for a British Fashion & Film institute publication, over a decade before public release.
- The revival expands the original scope with additional weights, a monospace variant, and variable font technology.
- Following the success of Eurostile, Novarese shifted focus from graphic sans-serif toward bookish text typography, resulting in Magister.
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