Auriol is a display typeface

Samples of display typefaces

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 created by George Auriol

George Auriol

George Auriol, born Jean-Georges Huyot , was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist...

 in 1901 for the Deberny & Peignot

Deberny & Peignot

Deberny & Peignot was a French type foundry, created by the 1923 merger of Peignot foundry and the Laurent & Deberny foundry. It was bought by the Haas Type Foundry of Switzerland in 1972, which in turn was merged into D...

 foundry in Paris.

George Auriol has been called the "quintessential Art Nouveau designer" according to Steven Heller and Louise Fili. The letterforms he designed for his namesake typeface

Typeface

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 originated in Française-légère and Française-allongée, two other fonts he designed for Deberny. All three typefaces are distinguished by brush-like, unconnected strokes influenced by Japanese calligraphy

Japanese calligraphy

is a form of calligraphy, or artistic writing, of the Japanese language. For a long time, the most esteemed calligrapher in Japan had been Wang Xizhi, a Chinese calligrapher in the 4th century but after the invention of Hiragana and Katakana, the Japanese unique syllabaries, the distinctive...

. Auriol became a popular typeface in Europe and America in the early 20th century and was widely used as display type in books, poster

Poster

A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. Posters may be...

s, and in the applied arts. It also was adopted for signage at Paris Métro

Paris Métro

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...

 stations.

In 1979, during the revival of interest in the Art Nouveau period, Matthew Carter

Matthew Carter

Matthew Carter is a type designer. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Carter's career in type design has witnessed the transition from physical metal type to digital type...

 expanded the range of weights for Auriol by creating bold and black versions based on the original designs.

Auriol is currently a trademark of Linotype GmbH, a subsidiary of Monotype Corporation

Monotype Corporation

Monotype Imaging Holdings is a Delaware corporation based in Woburn, Massachusetts and specializing in typesetting and typeface design as well as text and imaging solutions for use with consumer electronics devices. Monotype Imaging Holdings is the owner of Monotype Imaging Inc., Linotype,...

, and is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Patent and Trademark Office

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.

External links

• Linotype: Auriol, complete set of the nine fonts and ornaments (copyright holder's website)