Jean-François Porchez
Encyclopedia
Jean François Porchez (born in 1964) is a French
type designer. He was president of ATypI
(Association Typographique Internationale), the leading organisation of type designers from 2004 to 2007. He is probably best-known for releasing the new typefaces for Le Monde
, the French evening newspaper in 1994. He has designed custom typefaces for customers such as Beyoncé Knowles
, Costa Crocieres, France Télécom
, Peugeot
, RATP (Public Transport in Paris), and distributes his retail typefaces internationally via his typofonderie.com website. For the Linotype Library Platinum collection, he did Sabon Next, a revival of Sabon
, itself Jan Tschichold
's revival of Garamond
.
Porchez has been a visiting lecturer at the MA typeface design MATD program at the Reading University (United Kingdom) and regularly conducts type design workshops all over the world. He also contributes regularly to conferences and international publications. He published Lettres Françaises, a book (in French & English) that, at the time, showed a large selection of contemporary French digital typefaces. In late 2001 he was the President of a jury set up by the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale to select the new handwriting model and system for France and was a jury member of the 3rd Linotype Type Design Contest.
He founded the community blog and website Le Typographe, dedicated to French speaking typography and typeface design.
in 1998. FF Angie (1990) & Apolline (1993) were prize-winning entries in the Morisawa typeface competition. Costa received a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design at the TDC2 2000. Ambroise, Anisette, Anisette Petite, Charente, Le Monde Journal, & Le Monde Courrier were all prize-winning entries in the Bukva:raz international competition (2001). Deréon and Mencken won Creative Review Type Awards (2006). Retiro a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design at the TDC2 2010. Retiro was selected for the Designpreis 2011 Nominee Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011. Retiro won the design prize during the 41e Palmarés of the Club des directeurs artistiques.
Interview détaillée
Caractère Le Monde Site de son entreprise Entretien avec Jean-François Porchez Entretien vidéo de Jean-François Porchez par le Who's Who in France
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
type designer. He was president of ATypI
ATypI
The ATypI or the Association Typographique Internationale is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to typography.-The organisation:...
(Association Typographique Internationale), the leading organisation of type designers from 2004 to 2007. He is probably best-known for releasing the new typefaces for Le Monde
Le Monde
Le Monde is a French daily evening newspaper owned by La Vie-Le Monde Group and edited in Paris. It is one of two French newspapers of record, and has generally been well respected since its first edition under founder Hubert Beuve-Méry on 19 December 1944...
, the French evening newspaper in 1994. He has designed custom typefaces for customers such as Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Knowles
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
, Costa Crocieres, France Télécom
France Télécom
France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
, Peugeot
Peugeot
Peugeot is a major French car brand, part of PSA Peugeot Citroën, the second largest carmaker based in Europe.The family business that precedes the current Peugeot company was founded in 1810, and manufactured coffee mills and bicycles. On 20 November 1858, Emile Peugeot applied for the lion...
, RATP (Public Transport in Paris), and distributes his retail typefaces internationally via his typofonderie.com website. For the Linotype Library Platinum collection, he did Sabon Next, a revival of Sabon
Sabon
Sabon is the name of an old style serif typeface designed by the German-born typographer and designer Jan Tschichold in the period 1964–1967...
, itself Jan Tschichold
Jan Tschichold
Jan Tschichold was a typographer, book designer, teacher and writer.-Life:Tschichold was the son of a provincial signwriter, and he was trained in calligraphy...
's revival of Garamond
Garamond
Garamond is the name given to a group of old-style serif typefaces named after the punch-cutter Claude Garamond . Most of the Garamond faces are more closely related to the work of a later punch-cutter, Jean Jannon...
.
Porchez has been a visiting lecturer at the MA typeface design MATD program at the Reading University (United Kingdom) and regularly conducts type design workshops all over the world. He also contributes regularly to conferences and international publications. He published Lettres Françaises, a book (in French & English) that, at the time, showed a large selection of contemporary French digital typefaces. In late 2001 he was the President of a jury set up by the Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale to select the new handwriting model and system for France and was a jury member of the 3rd Linotype Type Design Contest.
He founded the community blog and website Le Typographe, dedicated to French speaking typography and typeface design.
Awards
Porchez has received many awards. He received the Prix Charles PeignotPrix Charles Peignot
The Prix Charles Peignot is a major award in typeface design, given "to a designer under the age of 35 who has made an outstanding contribution to type design" . It is awarded irregularly, typically every three to five years, by the Association Typographique Internationale...
in 1998. FF Angie (1990) & Apolline (1993) were prize-winning entries in the Morisawa typeface competition. Costa received a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design at the TDC2 2000. Ambroise, Anisette, Anisette Petite, Charente, Le Monde Journal, & Le Monde Courrier were all prize-winning entries in the Bukva:raz international competition (2001). Deréon and Mencken won Creative Review Type Awards (2006). Retiro a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design at the TDC2 2010. Retiro was selected for the Designpreis 2011 Nominee Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany 2011. Retiro won the design prize during the 41e Palmarés of the Club des directeurs artistiques.
Typefaces
Typefaces designed by Jean François Porchez include:
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External links
- Typofonderie
- Custom Type: Bespoke fonts by Jean François Porchez
- Blog: Chez Porchez
- Typofonderie on Facebook
- Typofonderie on Twitter
- Designing typefaces: For more reference to this biography
- The Blank sheet project for Arjowiggins on youtubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
Interview détaillée
Caractère Le Monde Site de son entreprise Entretien avec Jean-François Porchez Entretien vidéo de Jean-François Porchez par le Who's Who in France