TYPE DESIGN INFORMATION PAGE last updated on Thu Nov 28 19:02:16 EST 2024

SEARCH THIS SITE:

IMAGE SEARCH:

FONT RECOGNITION VIA FONT MOOSE

LUC DEVROYE


ABOUT







François Rappo

Swiss designer (b. 1955) located at Lake Geneva. Recipient of the 2012 Jan Tschichold prize. He is Head of the Master in Art Direction at ECAL/University of Art & Design Lausanne. His typefaces:

  • The gorgeous revival family Didot Elder (published at Optimo, 2004), which is based on work by Pierre Didot from 1819.
  • The stylish typewriter family CEO (2005, Optimo).
  • At B&P Foundry, the serif family LaPolice BP (2007-2008).
  • The Theinhardt family (2009, Optimo), which was named after the (generally accepted) designer of the first sans. It covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. An update was issed in 2018.
  • At B&P Swiss Typefaces, he published New Fournier (2011) based on the typography of Pierre-Simon Fournier. It comes in 24 styles.
  • Genath (2011, Optimo). Erik Spiekermann twitters: Best Caslon alternative yet. The typeface is based on a baroque type from the Genath foundry in Basel, and is based on a specimen from 1720 that is most likely Johann Wilhelm Haas's first design in Basel.
  • Clarendon Graphic (2015, Optimo). Comprehensive, perfect, all-encompassing, a new standard for Clarendon. It has 26 styles including some stencil cuts.
  • Plain (2014), Apax (2016) and Rand (2019), a trilogy of grotesque typefaces. Rappo writes: As Plain investigated the rational simplicity of modernism and Apax re-evaluated the visual grammar of constructivism, Rand explores the shapes that brought a certain spirit and warmth to the rigidity of modern design---emerging notably from The New York School. While some glyphs like the a inherit the clarity of Swiss rationalism, other glyphs borrow from design icons such as the from the Westinghouse logo by Paul Rand. Rand also features a nice Rand Mono subfamily.
  • Practice (2016). A typeface family for magazines.
  • JJannon (2019). A revival of Jean Jannon's type from 1641. This 16-style family is crisp and sharp-edged.

Swiss Type Design link. Pointypo piece on him.

EXTERNAL LINKS
François Rappo
Klingspor Museum page
MyFonts search
Monotype search
Fontspring search
Google search

INTERNAL LINKS
Type design in Switzerland ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Typewriter fonts ⦿ Modern style [Bodoni, Didot, Walbaum, Thorowgood, Computer Modern, etc.] ⦿ Caslon ⦿ Fournier ⦿ Stencil fonts ⦿ Clarendon ⦿ Greek/Coptic ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Monospaced fonts ⦿ Garalde or Garamond typefaces ⦿








file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt Mono 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo J Jannon 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand Mono 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Rand Mono 2019


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016a


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016c


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016d


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016e


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016f


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016g


file name: Francois Rappo Apax 2016h


file name: Francois Rappo Genath 2011


file name: Francois Rappo Genath Display 2011


file name: Francois Rappo Genath Display 2011b


file name: Francois Rappo Genath Display 2011c


file name: Francois Rappo Plain 2013


file name: Francois Rappo Plain 2013c


file name: Francois Rappo Plain 2013e


file name: Francois Rappo Plain 2013f


file name: Francois Rappo Plain Skeleton 2013


file name: Francois Rappo Practice Black 2016


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015b


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015c


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015d


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015e


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015f


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015g


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic 2015h


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic Black 2015


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic Hairline 2015


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic Medium 2015


file name: Francois Rappo Clarendon Graphic Stencil Semibold 2015


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2020


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009j


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2010


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009b


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009c


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009d


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009e


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009f


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009g


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009h


file name: Francois Rappo Theinhardt 2009i


file name: Francois Rappo New Fournier 2011


file name: Francois Rappo New Fournier 2011b


file name: Francois Rappo New Fournier 2011c


file name: Francois Rappo New Fournier 2011d


file name: Francois Rappo Pic







Luc Devroye ⦿ School of Computer Science ⦿ McGill University Montreal, Canada H3A 2K6 ⦿ lucdevroye@gmail.com ⦿ https://luc.devroye.org ⦿ https://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html