Munegascu: A typeface for writing the Monégasque language News 4 minutes The Munegascu project takes up the challenge of integrating an unlisted accent in a character, and making the writing of the Monegasque language easy thanks to an unprecedented OpenType trick. Compatible and universal, this character celebrates the link between typography and cultural heritage, contributing to the revitalization of a rich but threatened language.
The making of the 2022 Royaumont Festival poster News 1 minute As every year since 2015, the poster for the annual Royaumont Festival was created thanks to the combined efforts of Bruno Bernard, artistic director, Quentin Bertoux, photographer and Igor Szabason, public and communication director of the Foundation.
Roger Excoffon’s ultimate typeface News 11 minutes For the past few years, I have been working on the final typographical creation upon which Roger Excoffon had set himself. Originally, the typeface was to be published by Berthold in the 70s, but it never came to pass. What was initially a simple digital restoration exercise, has transformed over time into a real work - Continued[…]
Public Typography in Saint-Étienne News 3 minutes Last March 31 and April 1st, I was invited to lead a workshop a little out of the ordinary during the Biennale du Design in Saint-Étienne, France.
Type Workshop at ESADHAR Le Havre, France News 1 minute Typographic workshop hosted by Brigitte Monnier and Bruno Bernard, at École supérieure d’art et de design du Havre, from 6 to 9 October 2014.
Letterpress : visit at Ateliers André News 1 minute I recently asked the Ateliers André to print my new business card – an opportunity to pay a visit to this high place of printing and engraving.
Inheritances, typography and digital arts News 1 minute On May 24, students of Campus de la Fonderie de l’image in Bagnolet near Paris, organized a day of round tables around the issues of inheritance to the digital age. I was invited to debate with Jonathan Fabrguettes, my colleague from Typographies.fr and Janique Laudouar, a blogger specialist in digital arts.
Graphics and heritage News 2 minutes Graphisme et patrimoine(s) (graphic design design and heritage) exhibition at the French national Library. Selection of contemporary graphic design pieces offering a reflection on heritage – tangible and intangible. Curators: Sandrine Maillet and Anne-Marie Sauvage.
Typographic interviews News 2 minutes Le magazine Etapes: a consacré son numéro 203 à la typographie. Il contient notamment un dossier d’entretiens avec onze créateurs de caractères français dont moi-même.
Lettres Types News 2 minutes Anima typeface – under development – appears in this new book from Ypsilon publishing house’s Libreairie typographique. This book follows the exhibition Lettres type held in 2011 and 2012 in Nancy, Chaumont and eventually in Hong Kong for the last ATypI meeting.