Issued in two styles, légère (1902) and the
heavier allongée (shown, 1903) [Loubet del
Bayle] [Reichardt/Hoefer], Française
is a narrow precursor of Auriol. Used for Félicien Champsaur’s
Orgie latine (1903) and for Henri de Régnier’s
La canne de jaspe (1905), it was quickly endorsed in
bibliophile circles. At least the légère came with
Greek caps [Corpus
typographique français]. Different showings suggest there were
alternates for ‘vwz’.
Stephenson Blake, Genzsch
& Heyse, and ATF all sold
Française under the name Auriol.
A phototype version is shown as Auriol Condensed by
Typeshop. [Typeshop c.1977]
Alcibiades (Scriptorium, 1993) is a rough
digitization of the light weight. The allongée was
probably the inspiration to Tarragon (Letraset, 1981) and, more
directly, More…
Issued in two styles, légère (1902) and the heavier allongée (shown, 1903) [Loubet del Bayle] [Reichardt/Hoefer], Française is a narrow precursor of Auriol. Used for Félicien Champsaur’s Orgie latine (1903) and for Henri de Régnier’s La canne de jaspe (1905), it was quickly endorsed in bibliophile circles. At least the légère came with Greek caps [Corpus typographique français]. Different showings suggest there were alternates for ‘vwz’.
Stephenson Blake, Genzsch & Heyse, and ATF all sold Française under the name Auriol.
A phototype version is shown as Auriol Condensed by Typeshop. [Typeshop c.1977]
Alcibiades (Scriptorium, 1993) is a rough digitization of the light weight. The allongée was probably the inspiration to Tarragon (Letraset, 1981) and, more directly, 1906 Fantasio Auriol Title (GLC, 2010).
