Truchet and Types

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Truchet and Types [Jacques André] A great article by Jacques André and Denis Girou on the lettering of father Sébastien Truchet, 1657-1729. Their thesis: the Romain du Roi font (ca. 1702) is the first digital font, as it has the notion of outlines by arcs of circles, grids as in bitmaps and dpi measurements, and even notions of italic transformations and hinting. PDF file of "Father Truchet, the typographic point, the Romain du roi, and tilings", TUGBoat, vol. 20, pp. 8-14, 1999.	EXTERNAL LINKS Truchet and Types MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS History of type ⦿ Type measurements ⦿ Type design in France ⦿ Circle-themed typefaces ⦿ Romain du roi ⦿

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