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Gazette: The day I decided not to use the Din

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Le jour où j’ai décidé de ne plus utiliser le Din

Là où je pensais que les caractères de type Fraktur avaient subsistés, là où je pensais, comme dans Astérix, que les Allemands parlaient et écrivaient en gothique, non, du Din, partout, du Din.

Causeur redesign set in Le Monde Livre PTF

Causeur redesign by Jean-François Baum, 2011

Causeur is a french magazine who promote debates, their tagline “Especially if you do not agree” along their name who can be translated as “Conversationalist” just affirm their identity.

On type classifications

Classifications of Typefaces is an endless activity. Many books cover the subject, and try to adapt, optimise the system. There is no perfect system, I still use The Vox ATypI system mainly as terminology to describe typefaces. Maximilien Vox, founder of the Rencontres Internationale de Lure, its author said repeatedly that his system should work by combining the names of categories

Ardoise PTF at the printer shop

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Anisette in use: César 2011

In 2001, Éric de Berranger, designed the logotype of the “french Oscars”, the annual awards for movies. In 2011, still in use as this nice image take avenue Montaigne, Paris, demonstrate perfectly.

Retiro: Creative Review Type Annual, Best in Book 2011

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Parisine Plus PTF in use: Roberto de Vicq

Roberto de Vicq started a typecalendar in 2011. Just a month ago (on 14 January 2011 to be precise), he used Parisine Plus PTF as companion of his afternoon tea and lifetime TV? Nice! Why Parisine Plus PTF?