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Jean-Baptiste Levée is a French type designer who commures between Paris and Montreal. He designs custom and other typefaces. Behance link. Old URL. His portfolio: - Vuitton Persona (2007): a family made under the supervision of Porchez for Vuitton's bags.
- Wallpaper corporate typeface (2008): Under the art direction of Meirion Pritchard and Christian Schwartz, this 2-style sans was developed for the architectural magazine Wallpaper. It is a self-confessed blend of Meta and Amplitude.
- Le Monde Courrier PTF (2008): an extension and OpenType completion of the glyph tables of Porchez's LeMonde Courrier.
- Panorama (2004-2008): an elegant full-fledged sans family from hairline to extended bold.
- Henderson Serif & Sans (2006): This is a Baskerville family conceived by J.-F. Porchez, but extended and perfected by Levée. The Sans is in the style of Arial with large x-height. The Typofonderie page does not mention Levée.
- Retiro (2007): Done with J.-F. Porchez for Madriz Magazine. This is a didone family with juicy and classy alternates. Will be available to the public in 2015.
- Pimkie (2006): a playful feminine display face.
- Seenk Serif and Seenk Sans: a text family done with Christophe Badani in 2005.
- Expert (2009): a unicase face done for magazine, ca. 2009.
- Acier BAT (2009-2010, BAT Foundry): an extensive family that builds on Cassandre's 1930 font by the same name.
- Gemeli.
- Synthese.
- Carrefour Origin (2011). A tall thin face.
- Cogito Atelier Malte Martin.
- Telerama Dogon. This is a matchstick or campground face.
- Nathan Enfantine. A simple upright connected script.
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EXTERNAL LINKS
Jean-Baptiste Levée
Behance page
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INTERNAL LINKS
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