Coronet (typeface)

Coronet
Category	Script
Designer(s)	R. Hunter Middleton
Foundry	Ludlow
Date created	1937
Variations	Ribbon 131
	Sample

Last updated July 07, 2025

Coronet is an American typeface designed in 1937 by R. Hunter Middleton.^[1] malek

Uses in popular culture

Andy Warhol's "signature" on the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico is done in this font.
Some of the credits for I Love Lucy were in this font; it was also the typeface used for the Desilu closing ident seen on The Lucy Show and the original Star Trek series.
It was used for the Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica logo.
The pound signs in the logo of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? were taken from Coronet.
Deftones uses Ribbon 131, Bitstream's digitisation of Coronet, on some of their albums.
Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever uses Coronet for its cover text and associated branding.

References

↑ Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, W. Turner; Johnson, A. F. (2001) [1953]. Encyclopaedia of Type Faces (Fourth ed.). London: Cassell Paperbacks. p. 372. ISBN 1-84188-139-2.

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[1] Jaspert, W. Pincus; Berry, W. Turner; Johnson, A. F. (2001) [1953]. Encyclopaedia of Type Faces (Fourth ed.). London: Cassell Paperbacks. p. 372. ISBN 1-84188-139-2.

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