Marcel Jacno

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Marcel Jacno Born in Paris in 1904, died in 1989. Jacno, whose real name was Marcel Jacnovitch, was a poster designer who did the cover of the Gauloises cigarettes. He was an ardent designer and user of stencil fonts. His typefaces: Brantôme. Calame (Deberny&Peignot). Chaillot (1951-1954, TNP, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot [Typophane]). A rough stencil typeface. Corneille (1978, for Théatre mémorial Corneille). Hercule (Deberny&Peignot). Hippograte. Italic Club. Italique Slab. Jacno (1948, Deberny&Peignot). Klingspor gives the date 1950. Marcel (2015, Jeremia Adatte) is an angular upright script typeface that was inspired by Jacno. Some say that Jacno was the inspiration for Roger Excoffon's Banco. Le Film (1934, Fonderie Deberny&Peignot). This 3d art deco font was inspired by Cassandre's Bifur. It was remade by Harold Lohner in as LeFilmClassic (2000), LeFilmLetters (2000) and LeFilmShadow (2000). Lohner gives an original date of 1927, not 1934. Memphis Ombré. Klingspor says 1950. Ménilmontant (1973, for Théatre de l'Est Parisien). Molière (1970, for Théatre de la Comédie Française). Quillet (1936, for Quillet). Rétif. Savoie Gras (1949, Club Bibliophile de France). Scribe (1936, Deberny&Peignot). A signage and advertising script that was revived by Hans van Maanen at Canada Type in 2012 as Gaulois. Marion Duval wrote a thesis in 2008 at Estienne on Jacno entitled Marcel Jacno, redécouverte d'un créateur typographique. Klingspor link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Marcel Jacno [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ Type design in France ⦿ 3D fonts ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Signage typefaces ⦿