Type Designers of the Twentieth Century. Belles Lettres Alors que tout le reste

Alors que tout le reste gît

by no means confined to the Fayum

Jean-Antoine Fraisse

Il la poursuit à Paris

Type Designers of the Twentieth Century. Belles Lettres Alors que tout le resteWith the advent of the twentieth century came many developments in printing technology which impacted the world of typeface design. At the start of the century, creating type was limited to a small number of elite artisans capable of hand cutting each letter out of metal. When the manufacture of type became automated each original letter still had to be drawn by hand albeit now with minor constraints. It was the Second World War which radically