Coronet (typeface) explained

Coronet
Style:	Script
Date:	1937
Creator:	R. Hunter Middleton
Foundry:	Ludlow

Coronet is an American typeface designed in 1937 by R. Hunter Middleton.^[1]

Uses in popular culture

• Andy Warhol's "signature" on the cover of The Velvet Underground & Nico is done in this font.
• Some of the credits for I Love Lucy were in this font; it was also the typeface used for the Desilu closing ident seen on The Lucy Show and the original Star Trek series.
• It was used for the logo.
• The pound signs in the logo of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? were taken from Coronet.
• Deftones uses Ribbon 131, Bitstream's digitisation of Coronet, on some of their albums.
• Billie Eilish's Happier Than Ever uses Coronet for its cover text and associated branding.

References

1. Book: Jaspert, W. Pincus . Berry, W. Turner . Johnson, A. F. . Encyclopaedia of Type Faces . 1953 . Fourth . 2001 . Cassell Paperbacks . London . 1-84188-139-2 . 372.