1859 Solferino was published by GLC. 1859 Solferino consists of 2 styles and family plan alternatives. p > This font style is a late 19th Century French script introduction influenced by various French letters, from around years 1850-1860, during the 2nd French empire, under Napoleon the third. Many of them were composed with extremely small characters on light sheets of paper, as postage costs were computed from the letter's weight.

The TTF and OTF versions are enhanced with more than 50 ligatures and/or alternate characters. We likewise use an option of two sorts of Capitals.

Why '1859 Solferino'? It was the last fight of the Italian self-reliance war, opposing the triumphant Franco-Italian army to Austria in June 24, 1859. The Red Cross was inspired directly from the carnage remaining on the battle field.

Font Family:
· 1859 Solferino Light
· 1859 Solferino Light Caps

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