A man of character
Online version of the recent exhibit on Jean François Porchez typefaces
ATypI report 2003 for France
In 2003, we launched a new website in French, www.typographe.com where a team (opened to all francophone, from Belgium to Canada) publishes various news on typography during the year. The intention of this platform is to become the dominant tool to compile most of things happened in France related to typography. Indeed, visitors are allowed to post their comments.
The latin alphabet in latin hands 2
As France is categorized as Latin country, we’re always interested to see what happens in other Latin countries. It looks like we have something in common, culturally, with respect to Italy, Portugal and Spain, perhaps; but in fact less with Latin America countries.
Parisine
There are two common approaches to typeface design. The first is to design a new typeface to your personal taste, following your own rules or restrictions; and distribute it either through a type distributor or directly. The second is to work for a particular client on a commission. Besides the fact that the financial aspect is more secure, this method offers an opportunity to design a typeface following a very narrow design brief, suggested by the client or governed by the client’s particular needs and uses. Technical, historical or design considerations are all quite difficult to imagine if you design a typeface for your own use.
Un logotype autrement
C’est une petite commande de logotype, venant d’un ex étudiant de Jean François Porchez, Kamy Pakdel, depuis Directeur Artistique des éditions Autrement. Le travail a eu lieu durant l’été 2002, il était intéressant d’y revenir, du fait de l’omni présence de la forme typographique, un cas d’école en quelque sorte.
ATypI report 2001 for France
It becomes increasingly difficult to write a comprehensive report year after year, because they all seem close to identical, as if nothing really new appears each year in France. I do not wish to say that there are no initiatives! Many small events are organized during the year, and more will take place.
The Scriptorium of Toulouse
The Scriptorium de Toulouse was founded in 1968 by Andre Vernette, assisted by Bernard Arin during the first two years. The Scriptorium’s immediate aim was to restore education in lettering, in the setting of a local fine arts school.
Where are the typonews websites?
Originally published in 2001, in 2008 this article is already historical. How many website survived from this period? Even if we don’t refer to the design who changed dramatically, thanks to the CSS, the websites who still updated should be today considered as anscetors, such Typographer or the MS typography page to take to very different sources (a simple blog and a page from a major corporation).
A Christmas story
One hundred years ago, during the evening of the 22nd of December 1900, the students of the “Illumination” class at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and their tutor and mentor, Edward Johnston gathered together in their second floor classroom…
Raymond Gid, affichiste et typographe
Raymond Gid est mort le dimanche 12 novembre, à Paris. Né le 25 novembre 1905, Raymond Gid s’est d’abord fait connaître par ses affiches après des études aux Beaux-Arts. Cinéphile, il en conçoit pour de nombreux films, dont Vampyr de Dreyer (photomontage, 1932), Le Silence de la mer de Melville (1949), Les Diaboliques de Clouzot (1955).