Caressa & Français catalog cover
Contributed by René Villeaux on Dec 18th, 2022. Artwork published in
circa 1914
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3 Comments on “Caressa & Français catalog cover”
Thank you, René. Our typepage entry for French Oldstyle is intended for the American revivals under that name, by Central, Barnhart Brothers & Spindler and later ATF. These designs go back to Elzevir types that were “popularized in France in the eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries […] and again became popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries” [McGrew 1993]. Since this use is from Paris, it likely uses a French typeface from this genre that went under a different name. Unfortunately, my knowledge of French type from this period is limited. I’ll leave the “French Oldstyle” credit for now. Once we know more, we can assign a more accurate typeface.
Sure, please let me know when you find out the French name of it! Unfortunately there’s no digital version of it, such fine font…
Hello Florian, do you think one of Louis Perrin’s typeface is the original French “French oldstyle”?