Modern Vespa

I saw a photo in the Gallery from an owner in Amsterdam. The dealer put their name in the same font as the Vespa logo. Is there a name for that font? Or is it peculiar to the Vespa company?

It shifted over the years from script in the 50's and 60's to the "primavera" block letter font in the 70's and 80's, to back to script again on the modern vespas. ( but the Modern Vespa font is way different looking than the old script font )


Example : script from the late 50's :




70's and 80's:




Badge off the auto scoots:

Here you go.

http://whoridesavespa.com/2006/11/05/download-vespa-fonts/

I don't know that the Vespa script has an official name (other than Vespa at the site I'll direct you to), but it can be downloaded as a TrueType font, as can the Primavera font. That sounds confusing, but Primavera is in font catalogs, whereas Vespa isn't (at least not that I've found). However, try this link:
http://whoridesavespa.com/2006/11/05/download-vespa-fonts/

or try a Google search of Vespa font. Quite a bit shows up.

Oops! Next time I'll read all of the replies. Sorry to repeat you Marc. I was kind of excited. You know the feeling, "Ooh, ooh, I know, I know, pick me, pick me."

Here's one for the Lambretta fans.

http://tinyurl.com/56wrtv

Thanks for the font information. Jack

this may sound stupid, after you download them, what do you do?? I have a PC. Can you put these fonts into word and type with them?? If so, HOW??

What OS are you running?

For XP try this: http://www.myfonts.com/support/help_install_win.html

I jumped ship and bought a mac pre Vista so I have no clue there...

thanks for the quick reply, I got er' all set now. I was just looking at Macs today. It's either a Sig Sauer, Mac, or keep looking for a cheap ET or LX.

I just down loaded the font, my i mac is about a week old, see if it works.

I love my Mac, but I think I love my ET a bit more

I don't think there was a font for the scripts. I think they were all done individually. The ttf now available was made by someone recently by lifting most of the letters from existing examples. If Bedell sees the thread he knows the story for sure. He's an admitted font dork.