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A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Ma cuptatempos eum que voluptatur? Adictatem faccabor rempos poribus eatur autem aperat. Tur, sum fugitio voloribust voluptis ant et ex et, sum quatem. Ut lam quam ut ut aciandicia quissuntem core id quidit, is et odigenis dolesciet iunt rese voluptio. Et molorest maion et aut maioreius aciistes peristo conem sedi re qui dit earum de non res con eum ipitatiam, occaepta dolessum fugit. Uctum, consultus patus habente et; nos ius inprit fac firitarit? An ne tabem adhuiti entroxi milicae confica toraes.
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“didot� | a portfolio by the House of Didot
Typographic poster by elmyc
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DIDOT
THROUGH THE AGES First Generation François Didot
Former merchant and founder of the “À la Bible d’or” bookstore.
Second Generation François-Ambroise Didot
Typographer and Paper maker. He inherited his father’s work.
Pierre-François Didot
Founder of a paper factory in Essonne. Made improvements in type-founding. The following generations would inherit their predecessor’s work and make outstanding achievements that would change the history of the printing industry. Most notably the sons of François-Ambroise: Firmin and Pierre Didot.
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“The work of Firmin Didot put the House of Didot on the map after being published by his brother, Pierre”
firmin & pierre 1764 - 1836
1760 - 1853
The second son of FrançoisAmbroise, Firmin Didot was the inventor of stereotypography which entirely changed the book trade. In 1827, Firmin Didot gave up business to devote himself to politics and literature. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies and wrote tragedies and essays on literary topics.
The eldest son of FrançoisAmbroise. He obtained a gold medal at the exhibition of 1798, for his edition of Virgil which he published using his brother Firmin’s typeface. By order of the Government, his presses were established in the Louvre, where they remained during the Consulate. The celebrated Louvre editions are Virgil, Racine, Horace, and La Fontaine. The board of examiners of the 1806 exhibition pronounced the Racine edition “the most perfect typographical production of all ages”. Pierre Didot was also a poet and translated in verse the fourth book of Georgies, the first books of Horace’s Odes, and also wrote a number of original poems.
A long with Giambattista Bodoni of Italy, Firmin Didot is credited with designing and establishing the use of the “Modern” classification of typefaces. The types that Didot used are characterized by extreme contrast in thick strokes and thin strokes, by the use of hairline serifs and by the vertical stress of the letters. Many fonts today are ava ila ble based on Fir m i n Didot’s typefaces.
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REVIVAL “Didot has become a household favourite typeface after centuries of use, proving its timeless qualities and versatility”
Several revivals of the Didot faces have been made, first for hot metal typesetting and then for phototype and digital versions.
Among the most successful contemporary adaptations are the ones drawn by Adrian Frutiger for the Linotype foundry, and by Jonathan Hoefler for H&FJ. Hoefler’s design anticipates the degradation of hairline in smaller point sizes by employing heavier weighted strokes in the smaller point sizes. Frutiger’s Didot revival, which is bundled with OS X, was specifically intended for display use and not for body text, and adds in addition an even more delicate headline font.
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CONTACT Business inquiries Phone number +33 1 23 45 67 89
Mail Adress
94, rue Didot, 75014 Paris, France contact@didot.com
Websites Official websites http://www.didot.com
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