Overview Monotype Corsiva is an italic typeface made in the style of the early Italian cursives as exemplified by the work of the writing master, Ludovico degli Arrighi, in the sixteenth century. The capitals of the Monotype Corsiva font are of swash design, with characteristic flourishes, designed primarily for use as initial letters. Monotype Corsiva by Internet Stitch and other embroidery fonts available at EmbroideryDesigns.com. Corsiva is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. An italic typeface made in the style of the early Italian cursives, as exemplified by the work of the writing master Ludovico degli Arrighi in the sixteenth century. The capitals are of swash design, with characteristic flourishes, designed primarily for use as initial letters. Version: Version 1.00. Family Name: Monotype Corsiva® Weight: 0. Character Count: 673. Unicode Blocks: 0000.007F Basic Latin (95) 0080.00FF Latin-1 Supplement (96).
Have you ever been faced with what I like to call, “the great font dilemma?” There are tons of fonts out there, and you can only choose from one or two before your graphic begins to look unorganized and well, a little sloppy. No worries, I’m here to help! I’ve compiled a few fonts for a couple of categories that I typically tend to make graphics for. The categories I’ve included are “fun,” “old school,” “powerful,” and “elegant.” I’ve included fonts for both headers and body text. Enjoy!
1. Fun!
I chose Chalkduster and Lazy Sunday for headers, and Noteworthy and Gurmukhi MN for body fonts. All of these fonts will made the rest of your graphic look a little funner, while still keeping the professional touch. They aren’t too serious or glamous, and that’s why I like them for my funner graphics.
2. Old School
When I think of old school, I think of the mid 20th century in the United States. That’s why I picked these fonts. American Typewriter and College are two good old school fonts, and Modern No. 20 and Georgia compliment both of them very well for old school body texts. All of these fonts will keep your graphic as old school as possible, and give it a perfect vintage feel.
3. Powerful
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Is it just me, or don’t all of these fonts just scream “royalty?” When a graphic demands power, or needs to be intimidating or make a bold statement, these are the fonts that will do the job. Charlemagne STD and Stencil both provide automatic capital letters, and we all know capital letters make a bolder statement than non capital letters. Baskerville Old Face and Constantia make for good matching fonts as well. They all demand attention, which is why I chose them for my powerful category.
4. Elegant
When I think of elegance and class, I think of cursive and italics. This is why I chose Lucida Calligraphy and Monotype Corsiva. They both have an elegant feel to them, and can be used for any classy event graphic. Century Schoolbook and High Tower Text offer classy features while allowing their header text counterparts to take the stage. I really find that using a combination of two of these is really quite the elegant addition to any graphic.
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Once again, these are the fonts that I found were suitable for each of these categories. I’ve used them all for graphics that apply to those categories, and they’ve all come out splendidly. So, let me know what you think! If you have another opinion on fonts, or you think a font belongs in another category. Until next time, happy designing!
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An italic typeface made in the style of the early Italian cursives, as exemplified by the work of the writing master Ludovico degli Arrighi in the sixteenth century. The capitals are of swash design, with characteristic flourishes, designed primarily for use as initial letters. Corsiva can be used for short text passages in advertising but is best used to add sparkle to invitations, greeting cards and menus, and to give a sense of occasion to certificates and awards.
| File name | Mtcorsva.ttf |
| Styles & Weights | Monotype Corsiva |
| Designers | Monotype Type Drawing Office - Patricia Saunders |
| Copyright | Digitized data copyright The Monotype Corporation 1991-1995. All rights reserved. Monotype Corsiva? is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. |
| Font vendor | Agfa Monotype Corporation |
| Script Tags | N/A |
| Code pages | 1252 Latin 1 1250 Latin 2: Eastern Europe 1251 Cyrillic 1253 Greek 1254 Turkish 1257 Windows Baltic Mac Roman Macintosh Character Set (US Roman) 869 IBM Greek 866 MS-DOS Russian 865 MS-DOS Nordic 863 MS-DOS Canadian French 861 MS-DOS Icelandic 860 MS-DOS Portuguese 857 IBM Turkish 855 IBM Cyrillic; primarily Russian 852 Latin 2 775 MS-DOS Baltic 737 Greek; former 437 G 850 WE/Latin 1 437 US |
| Fixed pitch | False |
Monotype Corsiva Italic
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