Claude Médiavilla

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Claude Médiavilla French type designer (b. 1948) who was born in the South of France. He studied typography, calligraphy and painting at the School of Fine Arts in Toulouse. He received the Prix Charles Peignot in 1982. In 1992, the President of France invited him to design the inscriptions for the royal tombs in the Basilique Saint Denis in Paris. He published Calligraphie (Imprimerie Nationale, 1993). Author of Calligraphy (Wommelgem, Belgium, 1996) and Histoire de la calligraphie française (Albin Michel, 2006; examples here). In 2009, with the help of Atelier des Signes, he created a typeface for the signage at Chateau de Fontainebleau. Additional URL. In 2010, Mediavilla cofounded Media type Foundry with Sonia Da Rocha and Joel Vilas Boas in Paris. His typefaces: Galba: an elegant roman titling face, done at Mecanorma in 1987. Media Script (Mecanorma, 1985). Mediavilla (CCT, 1976). Mediavilla Script (Graphitel, 1986). Palazzo (Mecanorma, 1984). Tory (1991). Examples of calligraphic alphabets drawn by him and shown in his Histoire de la calligraphie française (2006): Bastarda, Cancellaresca, Carolingian, Cursive gothic 1410, Luxeuil, Roman Capitals, Roman cursive 1st century, Roman cursive 4th century, Rustica 1st century, Textura 14th century, Textura 15th century, , Tourneure 15th century, Uncial 4th century. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Claude Médiavilla [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Books on type design ⦿ Type design in France ⦿ Signage typefaces ⦿ Bastarda / Bâtarde / Schwabacher ⦿ Textura ⦿ Blackletter fonts ⦿ Chancery hand, cancellaresca ⦿ Typefaces inspired by the Trajan column in Rome ⦿ Lombardic types ⦿ Carolingian typefaces ⦿ Uncial typefaces ⦿