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1470 Sorbonne

1470 Sorbonne

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1470 Sorbonne Font Family was designed by Gilles Le Corre and published by GLC. 1470 Sorbonne contains 1 styles.

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    About 1470 Sorbonne Font Family


    This family was created inspired from the first font carved and cast in France, for the Sorbonne University’s printing workshop (Paris). The characters were drawn by Jean Heynlin, rector of the university - inspired from Pannartz’s - and in all probability was carved by Adolf Rusch. It has only one style, in one size (about 14 Didots points). We have added the U, J, W and Y, some accented characters and others not in use in the original, but the standard and historical ligatures and the numerous Latins abbreviations are these of the original font. The font is proposed in two choices : Basic Latin, MacTT & TTF, free for a private use, and “Pro”, TTF/OTF, available for standard basic Latin plus Central Europe, Baltic, Turkish, Croatian, Romanian, Celtic.

    Designers: Gilles Le Corre

    Publisher: GLC

    Foundry: GLC

    Design Owner: GLC

    MyFonts debut: Nov 17, 2010

    1470 Sorbonne

    About GLC

    Gilles Le Corre was born in 1950 in Nantes, France. Painter since the end of 70s, he is also an engraver and calligrapher. He has been learning about medieval art and old books for as long as he can remember. More recently he has made the computer a tool for writing like the quill pen and ink. With it, he aims to make it possible to print books that look just like old ones! Beginning in 2007 he has been trying to reproduce, very exactly, a ...

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