“Contrary to public opinion, the letterforms now typically
associated with Le Corbusier were not designed by the famous
architect himself. The common name for this lettering style, in
France, is ‘Char[r]ette’, as this type of lettering was often used
on pushcarts (called ‘char[r]ette’ in french), packaging,
signposts, etc. — in fact, anything that needed labelling.
It is common knowledge that Le Corbusier often adopted everyday
objects from his immediate environment for his artistic and
architectural work. Typical in this way is the use of this common
stencil set for titling his plans. Later, with Le Corbusier rising
to world fame as one of the most important architects of the 20th
century, this lettering style became synonymous with Le Corbusier,
and Letraset even wrongly listed More…
“Contrary to public opinion, the letterforms now typically associated with Le Corbusier were not designed by the famous architect himself. The common name for this lettering style, in France, is ‘Char[r]ette’, as this type of lettering was often used on pushcarts (called ‘char[r]ette’ in french), packaging, signposts, etc. — in fact, anything that needed labelling.
It is common knowledge that Le Corbusier often adopted everyday objects from his immediate environment for his artistic and architectural work. Typical in this way is the use of this common stencil set for titling his plans. Later, with Le Corbusier rising to world fame as one of the most important architects of the 20th century, this lettering style became synonymous with Le Corbusier, and Letraset even wrongly listed him as designer of the font in their old catalogues.” [Lineto]
“LL Le Corbusier Regular and Condensed designed by Nico Schweizer, first released by Lineto in 1999. LL Le Corbusier Oldface designed by Philippe Desarzens/Elektrosmog, first released by Lineto in 2004. All font engineering and mastering by Alphabet, Berlin.” [Lineto]
