ITC Anna

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ITC Anna
ITC Anna Standard Typeface Specimen.svg
ITC Anna Standard Typeface Specimen
Category Display
Designer(s) Daniel Pelavin
Foundry ITC
Date created1991
Re-issuing foundries Linotype
Shown hereITC Anna Std

Anna is a geometric, Art Deco typeface created by Daniel Pelavin for ITC in 1991. [1]

History

Designer Daniel Pelavin started the design of Anna in the mid-1980s when he drew a few letters for an Aramis Cologne holiday promotion. He continued to use these letter for various projects, always adding new characters. The design became a family matter when Pelavin's wife, graphic designer Lorraine Louie, used the alphabet on their wedding invitation in 1988. They used it again for the birth announcement of their daughter, Anna, a year later.

It was alphabet Anna's appearance on Louie's business stationery that first brought the design to ITC's attention. In 1990, ITC asked Pelavin to develop a typeface based on the letterforms, and ITC Anna was released as a single design in 1991.

A couple of years later, Pelavin created a suite of swash and alternate characters for the design. Eventually, ITC asked Pelavin to draw a bold weight to complement the original release. ITC Anna Extended is the result. [2]

This font is used on the kid's cartoon TV Show, My Life as a Teenage Robot.[ citation needed ] This font is also noted for having an extended version inspired by the font titled "Astrud", that included lowercase characters, and was designed by Peter Wiegel.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. "Linotype ITC Anna Family" . Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. "ITC Anna Family" . Retrieved 21 September 2016.