Fabrizio Schiavi born in
Ponte dell'Olio
Ponte dell'Olio ( egl, label= Piacentino, Al Pont da l'Oli ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about south of Piacenza, about south of Milan and about northwest of Bologna. A ...
near
Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
(
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
), is a
graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...
and
type designer
Type design is the art and process of designing typefaces. This involves drawing each letterform using a consistent style. The basic concepts and design variables are described below.
A typeface differs from other modes of graphic production su ...
.
Schiavi is particularly known for the very large font project
PragmataPro, the
monospaced
A monospaced font, also called a fixed-pitch, fixed-width, or non-proportional font, is a font whose letters and characters each occupy the same amount of horizontal space. This contrasts with variable-width fonts, where the letters and spac ...
family designed optimized for screen designed to be the ideal font for coding, math and engineering.
Biography
Schiavi studied Graphic Design in 1989 at Istituto d’Arte Paolo Toschi in Parma. After working for three years as graphic designer for the Italian record company Expanded Music, he left to set up his own graphic design studio, FSD (Fabrizio Schiavi Design), in Piacenza.
Fonts
* Sys, a geometric TrueType handhinted font
* Pragmata, a
monospaced
A monospaced font, also called a fixed-pitch, fixed-width, or non-proportional font, is a font whose letters and characters each occupy the same amount of horizontal space. This contrasts with variable-width fonts, where the letters and spac ...
font designed for programmers
*
PragmataPro, the enhanced version of Pragmata with more than 7000 glyphs per weight
* Sirucanorm, the rounded
sans-serif
In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. Sans-serif typefaces tend to have less stroke width variation than seri ...
version of Siruca custom font
* Exit, a narrow
sans-serif
In typography and lettering, a sans-serif, sans serif, gothic, or simply sans letterform is one that does not have extending features called "serifs" at the end of strokes. Sans-serif typefaces tend to have less stroke width variation than seri ...
available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* D^44, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* Sidewalker, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* Lithium, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* Eco, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* Eco-Nomico, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* FF Steel, available at
FontShop
FontShop International was an international manufacturer of digital typefaces (fonts), based in Berlin. It was one of the largest digital Type foundry, type foundries.
The ''FontFont'' library of fonts contains designs by 160 type designers, amon ...
* FF Trade01, available at
FontShop
FontShop International was an international manufacturer of digital typefaces (fonts), based in Berlin. It was one of the largest digital Type foundry, type foundries.
The ''FontFont'' library of fonts contains designs by 160 type designers, amon ...
* FF 9600-0069, available at
FontShop
FontShop International was an international manufacturer of digital typefaces (fonts), based in Berlin. It was one of the largest digital Type foundry, type foundries.
The ''FontFont'' library of fonts contains designs by 160 type designers, amon ...
* FF GeäbOil, available at
FontShop
FontShop International was an international manufacturer of digital typefaces (fonts), based in Berlin. It was one of the largest digital Type foundry, type foundries.
The ''FontFont'' library of fonts contains designs by 160 type designers, amon ...
* FF Mode01 available at
FontShop
FontShop International was an international manufacturer of digital typefaces (fonts), based in Berlin. It was one of the largest digital Type foundry, type foundries.
The ''FontFont'' library of fonts contains designs by 160 type designers, amon ...
* Monica, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
* MonicaDue, available at
MyFonts
MyFonts is a digital fonts distributor, based in Woburn, Massachusetts. It was created by Bitstream Inc., launched in September 1999 (during the ATypI conference in Boston), and started selling fonts in March 2000.
In November 2011, Monotype Ima ...
Custom Fonts
* Abitare Sans, designed for
Abitare
''Abitare'', published monthly in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's best known design magazines. It was first published in 1961.
History and profile
''Abitare'' was launched in Milan in 1961 by Piera Peroni. The magazine was published monthly. ...
of
RCS MediaGroup
RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. (formerly Rizzoli-Corriere della Sera), based in Milan and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international multimedia publishing group that operates in daily newspapers, magazines and books, radio broadcasting, ne ...
* Widiba Sans, Serif, Display, Script, designed for Widiba of
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A. (), known as BMPS or just MPS, is an Italian bank. Tracing its history to a mount of piety founded in 1472 () and established in its present form in 1624 (), it is the world's oldest or second oldest bank ...
Group with jekyll & hyde studio
* CP Company, designed for
C.P. Company
C.P. Company is an Italian apparel brand founded in 1971 by designer Massimo Osti. Initially called Chester Perry by the suggestion of his fashion entrepreneur friend Corrado Zannoni, its name was changed in 1978 following a lawsuit by Chester Bar ...
* Virna, designed for
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
Italia
* Siruca, designed for
Al Hamra Tower
The Al Hamra Firduos Tower is a skyscraper in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It is the tallest building in Kuwait. Construction of the skyscraper started in 2005. It was completed in 2011. Designed by architectural firms Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Rams ...
wayfinding
* Be and Bee, designed for
Beretta
Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta (; "Pietro Beretta Weapon Factory") is a privately held Italian firearms manufacturing company operating in several countries. Its firearms are used worldwide for a variety of civilian, law enforcement, and militar ...
* Nove, designed for
Nike, Inc.
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Web Sites
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Mandarina Duck
Mandarina Duck is an Italian fashion brand, most commonly associated with designer luggage and travel accessories but which has also released sunglasses, fragrances, watches, perfumes and, in 2007, a mobile phone. Mandarina Duck is owned by E-La ...
, mandarinaduck.com, art direction Sartoria Comunicazione
*
C.P. Company
C.P. Company is an Italian apparel brand founded in 1971 by designer Massimo Osti. Initially called Chester Perry by the suggestion of his fashion entrepreneur friend Corrado Zannoni, its name was changed in 1978 following a lawsuit by Chester Bar ...
, cpcompany.com, art direction Fabrizio Schiavi
*
Ferrari
Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...
, club.ferrari.com, committed by Orchestra
* Vic Matié, vicmatie.it, art direction Stefano Meneghetti
* Search for Art, searchforart.org, sponsored by
Mandarina Duck
Mandarina Duck is an Italian fashion brand, most commonly associated with designer luggage and travel accessories but which has also released sunglasses, fragrances, watches, perfumes and, in 2007, a mobile phone. Mandarina Duck is owned by E-La ...
committed by Sartoria Comunicazione
* Duccio Grassi Architects, ducciograssi.it, art direction Fabrizio Schiavi
Corporate Identities
* Philip Morris Company, proposal, committed by Leo Burnett
* Mandarina Duck, guide line, committed by Sartoria Comunicazione
* YU
* Quality Bau
* R&M per comunicare
* Expanded Music
* Radio Italia Network
* Terratrema Film
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References
External links
Fabrizio Schiavi home pagePortfolio in pdfFabrizio Schiavi Design page at MyFonts
Fabrizio Schiavi page at FontShop
Fabrizio Schiavi page at Typetoken
Fabrizio Schiavi page at Typecache
Fabrizio Schiavi page at Luc Devroye site
Klingspor Museum about Fabrizio Schiavi.
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Italian graphic designers
1971 births
Living people