Newsletter May 2008
Introducing Le Monde Courrier PTF family
Le Monde Courrier PTF in OpenType is our latest new family. Check it out!
Sèvres, France, 2 May 2008. Porchez Typofonderie introduce a new OpenType family for retail market designed by Jean François Porchez. A family of 6 weights complete with all of the most common OpenType features (more than 4600 glyphs and 300 000 kerning pairs total). Starting at euros 210 for a licence covering 8 workstations.
Le Monde Courrier PTF, designed by Jean François Porchez, attempts to re-establish a style halfway between writing and printing. It returns the informal character of “typewritten” fonts to letters and suit well all bad conditions printings, such faxes and low printer resolutions.
Presented to the public in 1997, the 2008 OpenType version is the next step in the history of the Le Monde Courrier.
Le Monde Courrier PTF
from €210 for a licence covering 8 worstations.
Le Monde Courrier PTF b
from €210 for a licence covering 8 worstations.
Le Monde Courrier PTF x2
from €315 for a licence covering 8 worstations. On this later case, you save 25% from the purchase of the two first packs.
Special offer for clients
Available through 31 May 2008.
To celebrate the launch of the Le Monde Courrier PTF, clients benefit a special price of only € 168 (standard price at € 210) for the Le Monde Courrier PTF and Le Monde Courrier PTF b. Please contact us. for the activation of the offer in your account page.
This offer doesn’t apply to the pack Le Monde Courrier X2, who already beneficiate of special price compared to the purchase of the two regular packs.
Upgrades to OpenType Ptf version
—Upgrades from OpenType Std to OpenType Ptf—Upgrades from Type 1 to OpenType Ptf
OpenType Std and OpenType Ptf
Porchez Typofonderie announce that we achieved the full switch to OpenType format. From the 4th April 2008 all the font families that you can find in our website are in OpenType format. We have take the opportunity of this large change to offer a fully new set of type specimens available in pdf format for each family (check the packages pages for links.) We distribute two kinds of OpenType:
OpenType Std
Our Std OpenType fonts are delivered in OpenType format and include a minimum glyph set following Latin 1 encoding, which covers Occidental languages and few others. Some basic OpenType features are provided, depending of the family. A typical example: Ambroise: Add to cart.
—Prices start at the same prices as past PostScript Type 1 fonts: € 140 for 2 cpus.
OpenType Ptf (pro)
Our OpenType Ptf fonts are delivered in OpenType format and offer a very complete support of various OpenType features, such various set of figures, small caps, additional alternates glyphs, extended kerning, include a minimum character set covering most latin languages. A good example: Parisine Plus Ptf: Add to cart.
—Prices start at: € 210 for 8 cpus.
Various upgrades are also available. Please contact us if any questions.
News
Une certaine vision de l’histoire des caractères typographiques (English version)
Featured here is the first part of a small history of type. This history, normally told from the Anglo-Saxon point of view, is from a French perspective, allowing the reader to form one’s own opinion. Part Two, covering the twentieth century and recent history, will be available later. Enjoy.
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Few rules for better typefaces
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A new custom font: Verspieren
Verspieren is custom typeface designed in 2007 for the identity, lettering use, signage use of the french insurance company Verspieren. The corporate identity of Verspieren was originally designed by Ligaris in 2005.
