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), Haddon (as Hugo,
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. 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), Haddon (as Hugo, 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.
