What is "colonna"

Colonna is an Italian word for column. The name Colonna may refer to :

Colonna is an inline serif typeface created by Monotype in 1926. A roman typeface, Colonna comes with some very elegant letterforms, based on artwork obtained by Stanley Morison during 1926 as part of a program to increase the range of display faces in the Monotype library. The letters of the Colonna font have an inscriptional feel about them, figures are non-ranging. Originally developed as an advertising face, Colonna is at its best when used in large sizes. Like many Monotype fonts, it has been released with Microsoft Office and other Microsoft products.

Colonna is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Dominique Colonna (b. 1928), a French former football goalkeeper
• Francesco Colonna (1433 – 1527) an Italian Dominican monk, the author of Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
• Giovanni Colonna (archaeologist) (b. 1934), an Italian scholar of ancient Italy and, in particular, the Etruscan civilization.
• Giovanni Paolo Colonna (c.1637 – 1695), an Italian musician and composer
• Guido Colonna di Paliano (1908–1982), an Italian politician and European Commissioner.
• Jerry Colonna (disambiguation), multiple people

::* Jerry Colonna (entertainer), American comedy writer and performer

::* Jerry Colonna (financier), New York City venture capitalist

• Sarah Colonna, American stand-up comedian, and roundtable regular on Chelsea Lately
• Vittoria Colonna, 1490–1547, machioness of Pescara, Italian noblewoman, poet, friend of Michelangelo
• Yvan Colonna (b. 1960) a Corsican nationalist