NAVA Character Sample Book for Photocomposition [Design Vignelli Associates, NYC]

NAVA, Campionario caratteri di fotocomposizione [character sample book for photocomposition], 1st ed., c. 1990. Nava Milano spa/azienda grafica, Milan and Rome, Italy. 8.25 x 8.25, 130 pages with black free endpapers and thick glossy board covers. Printed in Italy in black and red (cover) only with a 1/4” twin-loop, metal wire binding. Design by Vignelli Associates, New York; founded in 1971 in New York City by Lella and Massimo Vignelli.  Rare. Featuring (127) examples in alphabetical order from Akzidenz Grotesk to Helvetica to Univers and many in between including various styles for each. Samples typefaces show sizes 5 to 24. Also included are mathematical, Greek and special symbols as well as rounded corners and rules. The excellent front cover shows Akzidenz Grotesk Nero and the updated NAVA logo designed by Walter Ballmer in 1975. From the excellent Designculture interview with Massimo Vignelli from 2013 ... Can you tell me the story of how Helvetica was brought to Italy? It was 1