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ABOUT

Sébastien Delobel

French designer, b. 1972, Lille. He graduated from the École Supérieure des Arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, and cofounded Atelier Telescopique in Lille in 1998. This became Ainsifont in 2007.

Designer of these typefaces: Acopik (2000), Bizeau (2002), Byme (2007), Beye (2007), Fish (2001), Fisher (2007), Kune (2008), Lailuya (2007), Equinox (2000, a liquid font), Delory (2002), Lanne (2001, typefaces), Stronote (2002), Nuk (2002), Normal (2000), Merik (2002), Mulette (2005), Normal (2007), Raoul (2007), Rondie (2003), Lienne (with Xavier Meurice, 2001), SV01 (2002, dingbat), the pixel and dot fonts Kune (2002), Le Dixca (2000), and the free dot fonts Steroid (2002), Vabo (2002), Bepierre (2002), LeCicerond (2000-2001).

He participates in the type cooperative Ainsifont in Lille. His typefaces there include

• The rounded sans typeface Fluo (2012-2014, with Xavier Meurice).
• Rijsel (2013, sans).
• Tomica (2012). A geometric sans that was influenced by Futura. Designed in 2009 for the corporate visual identity of a digital television channel, Tomica was completely redesigned in 2011.
• Rubal (2010-2011). A bold stencil face. Originally designed by Atelier Télescopique for College Lévi-Strauss, a secondary school in Lille.
• Screenex (2011). A pixel typeface done in memory of the hated Minitel (1980-2012).
• AF Singolo (2012, with Xavier Meurice). A stencil typeface created for Lille Design.
• Mento (2015, with Xavier Meurice). Original from 2007. Raoul (2007, with Xavier Meurice). Original created for the Kursaal in Dunkirk, and named in honor of Lille-based singer Raoul de Godewarsvelde.
• Playtime (2012-2018). A stackable sans typeface by Xavier Meurice and Sébastien Delobel.
• Unida (2016, Ainsifont). Sans serif typeface designed in 2012 for the signage system of the international Campus of Hautes Ecoles d'Ingénieurs in Lille, France. The character set of the font has been optimized and extended between 2013 and 2016.
• Mona Mono (2018-2020). Originally designed in 2018 for the Riffy International Animation Film Festival in Korea, the 5-style inktrapped Mona Mono family is now used exclusively used by Mecanorma brand to be printed on clothes by letterpress transfer.

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