Le Monde Courrier PTF

Le Monde Courrier PTF in OpenType is our latest new family. Check it out!

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jun 01 2008 I love typography [2]

Its seems pretty clear that Le Monde Livre PTF is one of John D Boardley’s favorite faces, at least from February 2008.

Now, we can add Ambroise Std too. Check is recent piece on the history of Didones.

apr 14 2008 OpenType Std and OpenType Ptf

Porchez Typofonderie announce that we achieved the full switch to OpenType format. From the 4th April 2008 all the font families that you can find in our website are in OpenType format. We have take the opportunity of this large change to offer a fully new set of type specimens available in pdf format for each family (check the packages pages for links.) We distribute two kinds of OpenType:

OpenType Std
Our Std OpenType fonts are delivered in OpenType format and include a minimum glyph set following Latin 1 encoding, which covers Occidental languages and few others. Some basic OpenType features are provided, depending of the family. A typical example: Ambroise: Add to cart.
—Prices start at the same prices as past PostScript Type 1 fonts: € 140 for 2 cpus.

OpenType Ptf (pro)
Our OpenType Ptf fonts are delivered in OpenType format and offer a very complete support of various OpenType features, such various set of figures, small caps, additional alternates glyphs, extended kerning, include a minimum character set covering most latin languages. A good example: Parisine Plus Ptf: Add to cart.
—Prices start at: € 210 for 8 cpus.

Various upgrades are also available. Please contact us if any questions.

apr 11 2008 Une certaine vision de l’histoire des caractères typographiques (English version)

Featured here is the first part of a small history of type. This history, normally told from the Anglo-Saxon point of view, is from a French perspective, allowing the reader to form one’s own opinion. Part Two, covering the twentieth century and recent history, will be available later. Enjoy.

apr 10 2008 Newsweek: Just Go to “Deréon”

How we can trust a journalist’ opinion when she say that she select a wine based on the design of the label? hum…

Anyway, Newsweek published an article on the celebrities’ fonts, including Deréon typeface. Along this article, there is a video interview of Roger Black on the subject.

apr 07 2008 Parisine dans le métro

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Yves Peters has published in the Unzipped FontShop blog a long article about Parisine used in the Parisian’s métro.

apr 07 2008 Verspieren new custom typeface

Verspieren is custom typeface designed in 2007 for the identity, lettering use, signage use of the french insurance company Verspieren. The corporate identity of Verspieren was originally designed by Ligaris in 2005.

apr 04 2008 E-commerce is back

Everything is back to normal, you can buy anything you want, now only in OpenType Std or OpenType Ptf. No more PostScript Type 1 fonts.

apr 04 2008 E-commerce broken

You may already noticed: our e-commerce is broken until further notice. Comeback later, we work hard to bring it back soon as possible, thanks for your understanding.

apr 02 2008 April fool 2008

Yesterday news was not fully right obviously. For sure, we launched a new typeface family, Le Monde Courrier PTF, but the typeface used on the image was substituted by the default font Courier.) It was the same in the extensive pdf specimen, Le Monde Courrier PTF was fully substitued by Courier again.

Some news about it in Typophile.com news and Typographe.com

apr 01 2008 Le Monde Courrier PTF special offer

Available through 31 May 2008.
To celebrate the launch of the Le Monde Courrier PTF, clients benefit a special price of only € 168 (standard price at € 210) for the Le Monde Courrier PTF and Le Monde Courrier PTF b. Please contact us. for the activation of the offer in your account page.

Please check the extensive pdf specimen.

This offer doesn’t apply to the pack Le Monde Courrier X2, who already beneficiate of special price compared to the purchase of the two regular packs.

Upgrade from Le Monde Courrier is also available, check the Upgrades page for more details.

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