Fonderie Typographique Française
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| Company type | Defunct |
|---|---|
| Industry | Type foundry |
| Predecessor | Turlot, Durey & Berthier, Renault & Marcou, Huart, Chaix, and Saling type foundries |
| Founded | 1921 |
| Defunct | 1974 |
| Fate | Merged into Fundición Tipográfica Neufville |
| Successor | Fundición Tipográfica Neufville |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
Fonderie Typographique Française was a French type foundry. Founded in Paris in 1921 following the merger of the Turlot, Durey & Berthier, Renault & Marcou, Huart, Chaix, and Saling type foundries. In 1969 it moved to Champigny-sur-Marne and took the name "Société Nouvelle de la Fonderie Typographique Française". Sold in 1974 to the Fundición Tipográfica Neufville, in Barcelona[1]
Typefaces
[edit]These foundry types were produced by Fonderie Typographique Française:[2]
- Amadis, a blackletter face
- Apollo, a knock off of Futura.
- Ascot
- Atlas (1933, Karl Hermann Schaefer) An Art Deco typeface originally issued as Fatima by Schriftguss Type Foundry[3]
- Bizerte
- Blanches Saint Germain, pearly capitals.
- Caravelle (1957–62, Baum + Bauer), originally sold as Folio by Bauer.[4]
- Clipper, (1951, Louis Ferrand)
- Deauville (1927, M. Loewe) [5]
- Décor, a pixelized face with mosaic effects.
- Ecriture parisienne (ronde)
- Editor (1937, Henri Chaix) [6]
- Egyptiennes, a slab-serif face.[7]
- Estienne (c. 1929-30, George W. Jones ), based on the slightly earlier type designs owned by Parisian printer Robert Estienne.[8] Very tall ascenders and descenders.
- Excelsior FTF, an Art Nouveau face.
- Garamond FTF
- Hélios, a shaded titling face.
- Horizon (1952–55, Baum + Bauer), originally sold as Imprimatur by Bauer.[9]
- Ile de France (Enric Crous-Vidal)
- Italienne (c. 1820) [10]
- Marocaines FTF, revived by Mario Feliciano as Mazagan (2019).
- Muriel (1950, Joan Trochut-Blanchard), a script typeface.
- Normandy
- Paris (1953, Enric Crous-Vidal)
- Flash (1953, Enric Crous-Vidal), a shaded version of Paris, not to be confused with the more famous type of the same name by Lanston Monotype.[11]
- Pittoresques FTF (1924), a Japanese style art nouveau face, revived by Yanick Blancho as Koëlh (2015).
- Psitt (1954, René Ponot)
- Ramsès, a slab-serif face.
- Stylo(1935), a connected script.
- Swing, an Art Deco typeface.
- Vulcain, an Art Deco typeface.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fonderie typographique française". BnF Data. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from "Fonderie Typographique Française Pro". Fonderie Typographique Française type list. Luc Devroye. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 251
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 274
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 64
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 74
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 78
- ^ "A Distinguished family of French printers of the sixteenth century: Henri and Robert Estienne". ABAA. Retrieved 12 March 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 116
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 122
- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, pp. 77-78
