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Production Type [Yoann Minet]

During his studies, Frenchman Yoann Minet (b. 1988, Tulle) created many typefaces:

• Typefaces from 2015: Granville (a Peignotian sans by Jean-Baptiste Levée).
• Typefaces from 2014: Minotaur, Minotaur Sans, Countach (Countach, the tough compact sans supercharged with brawn & brains. Developed for The Crew, a critically acclaimed auto racing video game, Countach evokes the muscular and mechanical dynamics of fast cars and urban adventure. ; developed by Superscript2, J.-B. Levée, Sandra Carrera and Irina Smirnova).
• 2013, DSAA Design Typographique, Ecole Estienne, Paris: Traulha (wedge serif with horizontal stress), Ostia.
• 2012-2013, DSAA2 Design Typographique, Ecole Estienne, Paris: De Malfête (after a roman by Garamond in 1530, and an italic buy Simon de Collines), Grotique Gothesque.
• 2012, apprenticeship with Ludovic Balland: Stanley (a retail typeface at Optimo codesigned with Ludovic Balland), Theater Basel (a bespokle typeface done with Ludovic Balland), Swiss Art Awards (a font developed with Ludovic Balland for the identity of the Swiss Art Awards).
• 2011-2012, DSAA1 Design Typographique, Ecole Estienne, Paris: Capitale (a sans done under the direction of Franck Jalleau), Forez (a high-contrast wayfinding font for the chalet de François Mauriac in Saint-Symphorie).
• 2007-2011, Ecole de Communication Visuelle or (ECV) in Bordeaux, France: Bernadette (handwriting font based on the writing of Yoann's mother), Oxymore (2010, slab serif).
• 2012-2013: Ostia Antica is commissioned by Maquettes et Mise en pages designed and is codesigned bt Hugo Anglade, Laure Afchain and Thomas Petitjean for the exhibition catalogue Pasolini Roma in 2014.
• In 2014, he created Clifton Regular, a revival of Athenian (1896, British Type Foundry). This type is similar to Fantail (ATF).
• In 2014, he made the bespoke typeface Stratos Medium for Emmanuel Labard.

Yoann lives and works in Paris today, where he is associated with Production Type, which publishes mostly typefaces by J.B. Levée. Interview by Ligature.ch. Personal home page. Behance link.

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