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Bodoni vs didot typeface8/7/2023 ![]() ![]() While studying, Arnaud worked as an intern for Typofonderie under the guidance of Jean-François Porchez. In 2020, he graduated from the Type and Media master’s degree program at the KABK in The Hague. In 2019, he completed an MA in type design at ÉCAL in Lausanne. These initial studies led to a bachelor’s degree from the ÉSAD Amiens in 2018, where he delved into interactive media and typography. In 2012 Arnaud moved to Paris, where he was formed as a print graphic designer. Born in 1994, he started studying design in 2009, attending the applied Arts courses in Reims. There is a common ground which allows a good hybridization, and the result is great!”Īrnaud Chemin is a young emergent French type designer. The Grotesk construction is directly inherited from Clarendon, which itself is inherited from the Didot-style typefaces. Arnaud Chemin describes them, noting that “there was an interesting aspect in combining these different styles. Last but not least, Didot Modern benefits from a broad stylistic set, which contains alternate characters (A R Q V W a f g j r t v w y) based on the aesthetic of Grotesk typefaces. It is an experiment on modernizing high contrast letterforms, giving them a more mechanical look.” I followed the same path Imre Reiner took almost a hundred years ago to design the Corvinus typeface. They belong to the past and no longer reflect our contemporary environment. Traditional flourishes such as the teardrop endings looked too baroque. Arnaud Chemin explains: “By removing the mannerist aspects of some details, the letterforms gained in simplicity. However, Didot Modern is not just a melt of history. While the black styles were inspired by the normande style, like Figgins’s French gros canons. The design of the regular cuts is based on various examples: Nicolas Pierre Gando’s imitations of Didot, Ludwig & Mayer’s Didone and Jules Didot trois et demi. It blends original drawings from different historical sources. The typeface is a tribute to the Didot archetype. Its emphasis lies on the overall digital feeling the typeface conveys. It is distinct and unique enough to stand apart from other Didot-style typefaces such as Bodoni, Scotch Roman, Baskerville, or Walbaum. It is also well designed to enhance corporate and advertising projects. Through its expressivity, the typeface is tailor-made to convey products with a sense of high aesthetic value, such as in luxury branding. ![]() With its delicate thin strokes and precise details, it reveals its beauty, especially in large sizes. Their flat endings, sharp triangular serifs, and a multitude of stylistic features bring the historic Didot legacy into the new digital area where elegance and classicism meet technology and rationalism.ĭidot Modern is a typeface for text composition of all kinds. The letters’ general proportions refer back to the Didones from the French printing tradition, and they are mixed with expressive features invoking geometry and minimalism. It is a hybrid typeface consisting of ten weights, combining upright and italic styles. Didot Modern is the result of a collaboration between Arnaud Chemin and Nouvelle Noire that started in 2019. ![]()
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