Louis-René Luce

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Louis-René Luce Type designer, punchcutter and engraver at the Imprimerie Nationale from about 1740 until 1770. He was the engraver of king Louis XV, who took possession of all of Luce's work in 1773, i.e., 7 typefaces, 8 sets of initial caps, some vignettes, some ornaments, and 15 "poetic" typefaces. Three of the typefaces were recut in 1955 and 1963 by Jacques Camus, Louis Gauthier and Christian Paput. Luce is mostly known for completing, with punchcutter Jean Alexandre, Philippe Grandjean's Romain du roi, in 1745. We recall here the digital revival of Romain du Roi by Gert Wiescher in 2005 entitled Royal Romain. Author of Essai d'une nouvelle typographie, Ornée de Vignettes, Fleurons, Trophées, Filets, Cadres & Cartels (1771, Imprimerie Barbou, Paris).	EXTERNAL LINKS Louis-René Luce [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in France ⦿ Romain du roi ⦿

file name: Gert Wiescher Royal Romain 2005 based on Jean Alexandre Louis Luce Philippe Grandjean Romain Du Roi 1745

file name: Gert Wiescher Royal Romain 2005 after Philippe Grandjean Jean Alexandre Louis Luce Romain Du Roi 1745

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