Roger Excoffon
the gentleman of typography Category : General David Rault 100 drawings & 50 photos F0007 : Collection : Histoire de l'écriture typographique Size : 21 x 29 cm/ Paper cover with flaps 240 pages French & English Atelier Perrousseaux ISBN : 9782911220395 / 39 € Release date : Jan 01, 11 Rights sold in ItalianA talented typeface designer (Mistral, Banco, Choc and Antique Olive all bear his signature) and adman (he designed hundreds of posters and logos, such as for Air France), Roger Excoffon is likely among those whose splendid work accompanies our every step, emphatically inhabiting the collective unconscious. His alphabets were whole, alive with uncommon personality and vigor; they were highly prevalent in the 1950s and 1960s, gracing many cafés, hair salons and bakeries, adorned with a flavor and connotations that in fact would engender a disinterest in following years; willingly obsolescent, profoundly French, esthetically dazzling, they are integral to our history and culture.
