Eugène Grasset’s alphabet design was acquired by
Georges Peignot who patented it on October 7, 1897 under the name
Grasset. Cut by Henri Parmentier [Wikipedia]
and released by Peignot & Fils in roman (1898) and italic (1901)
styles. Adopted by ATF (1904), Genzsch & Heyse (as
Grasset-Antiqua, 1901), and Monotype (1912).
[Reichardt 2011] [Klimsch]
Octavian (Scriptorium, 1993) is an uncredited
abomination based on the roman. Grantham (Paul Lloyd, 1996) is a likewise
uncredited freebie digization in eight styles incl. faux bold,
condensed, shaded, and contoured variants. Isla (Sudtipos, 2004) is a digital
interpretation of the italic. François More…
Eugène Grasset’s alphabet design was acquired by Georges Peignot who patented it on October 7, 1897 under the name Grasset. Cut by Henri Parmentier [Wikipedia] and released by Peignot & Fils in roman (1898) and italic (1901) styles. Adopted by ATF (1904), Genzsch & Heyse (as Grasset-Antiqua, 1901), and Monotype (1912). [Reichardt 2011] [Klimsch]
Octavian (Scriptorium, 1993) is an uncredited abomination based on the roman. Grantham (Paul Lloyd, 1996) is a likewise uncredited freebie digization in eight styles incl. faux bold, condensed, shaded, and contoured variants. Isla (Sudtipos, 2004) is a digital interpretation of the italic. François Rappo made a digitization (unreleased) for the catalog of a Grasset exhbition by the Musée de Lausanne in 2011.
