Designed by G. Peignot and G. Auriol in collaboration with the
punchcutters Henri Parmentier and Charles Malin. First released by
Peignot & Fils in roman and italic styles in 1914. Adopted by Sol
Hess for Lanston Monotype as Series 165 in 1917 and
expanded into a series of 6, incl. Bold, Bold Italic, Open and Bold
Tooled styles. ATF added it to their catalog in 1925. Also cast by
Ludwig & Mayer both as Le Cochin (1930, with a
halbfett added in 1931) and as
Bücherfreund-Antiqua/-Kursiv, and by Amsterdam as
Gravure I.
[McGrew]
[Reichardt
2011]
Reworked in 1977 by Matthew Carter at Linotype into
3 weights More…
Designed by G. Peignot and G. Auriol in collaboration with the punchcutters Henri Parmentier and Charles Malin. First released by Peignot & Fils in roman and italic styles in 1914. Adopted by Sol Hess for Lanston Monotype as Series 165 in 1917 and expanded into a series of 6, incl. Bold, Bold Italic, Open and Bold Tooled styles. ATF added it to their catalog in 1925. Also cast by Ludwig & Mayer both as Le Cochin (1930, with a halbfett added in 1931) and as Bücherfreund-Antiqua/-Kursiv, and by Amsterdam as Gravure I. [McGrew] [Reichardt 2011]
Reworked in 1977 by Matthew Carter at Linotype into 3 weights with italics. Unlike the digital versions by Linotype/Adobe, URW’s and Bitstream’s (as Engravers Oldstyle 205) include the Black styles.
