A typeface series inspired by French street plates, comprising
24 partly heterogenous styles, organized in six series of
increasing width (second digit, 1–6). The
first digit denotes the weight (2–5). Five styles come in two
variants, A and B: 21 (low contrast vs. horizontal contrast) and
34, 35, 44, 45 (round vs. square shapes). The accents and some
glyphs (G K M Q R etc.) vary greatly between the styles.
Includes small caps and logotypes of common abbreviations (e.g.
Av. for Avenue, Bd. for Boulevard), but no lowercase. Designed in
2013–2014 by Damien Gautier with the help of Olivier Raimbaud and
Correntin Noyer. Initially with just two sets of numerals, for
series 2 (also included in 1 and 3) and 5 (also included in 4 and
6). For the release with 205TF in 2017, the six series More…
A typeface series inspired by French street plates, comprising 24 partly heterogenous styles, organized in six series of increasing width (second digit, 1–6). The first digit denotes the weight (2–5). Five styles come in two variants, A and B: 21 (low contrast vs. horizontal contrast) and 34, 35, 44, 45 (round vs. square shapes). The accents and some glyphs (G K M Q R etc.) vary greatly between the styles.
Includes small caps and logotypes of common abbreviations (e.g. Av. for Avenue, Bd. for Boulevard), but no lowercase. Designed in 2013–2014 by Damien Gautier with the help of Olivier Raimbaud and Correntin Noyer. Initially with just two sets of numerals, for series 2 (also included in 1 and 3) and 5 (also included in 4 and 6). For the release with 205TF in 2017, the six series received names: 1 Sathonay, 2 Griffon, 3 Pradel, 4 Therme, 5 Foch, 6 Ney. The sample shows Plaak 56 Ney (Extended) Heavy.
See also Plaax, a spin-off with added lowercase.
