Ménestrel

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Ménestrel [Marc H. Smith] French medieval and paleotypographic jump page, mostly edited by Marc Smith, École nationale des chartes, Sorbonne, Paris. Marc Smith wrote Du manuscrit à la typographie numérique (Gazette du livre médiéval, no. 52-53, 2008, pp. 51-78), in which he describes the history of digital type and makes interesting comments on their roots and classification. The site is quite extensive---medievalists can spend weeks visiting links and sub-pages. PDF file. Marc Smith also designed some typefaces, notably Piacevole (2008, a 16th century cursive map script typeface after J. de Beauchesne), and the "ronde" La Petite Ronde (2008, after L. Barbedor).	EXTERNAL LINKS Ménestrel MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type design in France ⦿ History of type ⦿ Typeface Classification ⦿ Books on type design ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿

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