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| Category | Display |
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| Designer(s) | Roger Excoffon |
| Foundry | Olive |
| Date released | 1951 |
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Banco is an inclined titling typeface. It was designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive foundry in 1951. [1]
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| Category | Display |
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| Designer(s) | Roger Excoffon |
| Foundry | Olive |
| Date released | 1951 |
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| Sample | |
Banco is an inclined titling typeface. It was designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive foundry in 1951. [1]
Like Excoffon's prior fonts Mistral and Choc, Banco was designed to be eye-catching, with what designer Cyrus Highsmith called an "outspoken flair." [1]
The font was considered old-fashioned and unappealing by designers of the time, [1] [2] and after launch it was primarily used by small businesses in Europe. The font's popularity was renewed when it appeared on the cover of Bob Marley's 1974 album Natty Dread , and subsequently on many other reggae records. The skateboarding magazine Thrasher , which was heavily influenced by reggae and dub culture, adopted it for its 1981 launch and later issues. [3] It was used on the PK Ripper BMX and the tv series Darkwing Duck .
While Excoffon did not design a lowercase alphabet for Banco, Phill Grimshaw and the ITC font foundry released a lighter-weight version of the font in 2000, which included lowercase letters. [4] Banco was also translated into Cyrillic in 2000. [3]
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