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Fonderie Typographique Française was a French type foundry. Founded in Paris in 1921 following the merger of the Turlot, Durey & Berthier, Renault & Marcou, Huart, Chaix, and Saling type foundries. In 1969 it moved to Champigny-sur-Marne and took the name "Société Nouvelle de la Fonderie Typographique Française". Sold in 1974 to the Fundición Tipográfica Neufville, in Barcelona

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Fonderie Typographique Française:

• Amadis, a blackletter face
• Apollo, a knock off of Futura.
• Ascot
• Atlas (1933, Karl Hermann Schaefer) An Art Deco typeface originally issued as Fatima by Schriftguss Type Foundry
• Bizerte
• Blanches Saint Germain, pearly capitals.
• Caravelle (1957–62, Baum + Bauer), originally sold as Folio by Bauer.
• Clipper, (1951, Louis Ferrand)
• Deauville (1927, M. Loewe)
• Décor, a pixelized face with mosaic effects.
• Ecriture parisienne (ronde)
• Editor (1937, Henri Chaix)
• Egyptiennes, a slab-serif face.
• Estienne (c. 1929-30, George W. Jones ), based on the slightly earlier type designs owned by Parisian printer Robert Estienne. Very tall ascenders and descenders.
• Excelsior FTF, an Art Nouveau face.
• Garamond FTF
• Hélios, a shaded titling face.
• Horizon (1952–55, Baum + Bauer), originally sold as Imprimatur by Bauer.
• Ile de France (Enric Crous-Vidal)
• Italienne (c. 1820)
• Marocaines FTF, revived by Mario Feliciano as Mazagan (2019).
• Muriel (1950, Joan Trochut-Blanchard), a script typeface.
• Normandy
• Paris (1953, Enric Crous-Vidal)
  • Flash (1953, Enric Crous-Vidal), a shaded version of Paris, not to be confused with the more famous type of the same name by Lanston Monotype.
• Pittoresques FTF (1924), a Japanese style art nouveau face, revived by Yanick Blancho as Koëlh (2015).
• Psitt (1954, René Ponot)
• Ramsès, a slab-serif face.
• Stylo(1935), a connected script.
• Swing, an Art Deco typeface.
• Vulcain, an Art Deco typeface.

References

1. "Fonderie typographique française". BnF Data. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
2. Unless otherwise noted, all types in this list are cited from "Fonderie Typographique Française Pro". Fonderie Typographique Française type list. Luc Devroye. 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
3. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 251
4. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 274
5. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 64
6. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 74
7. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 78
8. "A Distinguished family of French printers of the sixteenth century: Henri and Robert Estienne". ABAA. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
9. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 116
10. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 122
11. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, pp. 77-78

• Metal companies of France
• Letterpress font foundries of France
• Manufacturing companies based in Paris