![]() ![]() Us to read and write, has forced type designers to come up with a typographic palette that is adapted to thisĭiverse and constantly changing environment. The paradigm shift that is currently occurring, fostered by (among other factors) the diversification of mediums that enable ![]() The hybridizations to which typefaces have been subjected. Over the possible combinations that can be made between different type styles they have also repeatedly criticized More than a testament to creativity, this phenomenon also reveals an increasing desire for rationalization: typeĭesigners have made numerous attempts to name and classify this aesthetic diversity, and to have some control Variety demonstrates our ability to ceaselessly reinvent our relationship with letterforms, and with the text. Then italic and bold variants, with or without serifs, multi-scripts, for continuous reading or titling… This With the Imprimerie Nationale, is a question: what would a contemporary and forward looking vision of the typeįor over five centuries, the typographic palette available to us has been constantly expanding: blackletter and roman typefaces, Reinventing the notion of a typeface familyĪt the origin of this second typographic commission, initiated by the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, this time in partnership ![]() Our two establishments, together, have in this way contributed to writing a new page in the great book of typography. Let us hope that Faune participates in bringing the work of typeface designers to light and confirming their importance in the construction of everyday life.įaune, together with its design sketches and documents, is part of the collection of the Centre National des Arts Plastiques. Typeface design is a dynamic and inventive domain and Alice Savoie’s proposition is a brilliant example of this. Her approach combines patrimony and current events, rigor and poetry and all of this with intelligence and creativity.įaune, the typeface has been designed and developed in unexpected and subtle forms, and calls upon the most contemporary of digital technologies. We wanted to bring these complementary values and energies together in order to implement this project, for which Alice Savoie has been selected by a panel of experts that was assembled for the occasion. The know-how that it fosters and puts into practice is soundly based in History while firmly looking towards the future. The Imprimerie Nationale is endowed with an exceptional patrimony. The Centre National des Arts Plastiques supports and valorizes graphic design and typography, through its collection, its publications and the events that it hosts. For this new commission of a typeface family by the Centre National des Arts Plastiques, we wished to associate the skills and domains of activity of our two institutions with the aim of accompanying a new creation. ![]()
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