French Renaissance Antiqua

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Example of a French Renaissance Antiqua

The French Renaissance Antiqua is a font class according to DIN 16518 . This Renaissance Antiqua is the further development of the Venetian Renaissance Antiqua . Its name is misleading insofar as the typefaces created between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century are already included in the French Renaissance Antiqua, although they are mostly in Italy (especially in Venice in prints by Aldus Manutius ) and not in France emerged. In France, however, these fonts were subsequently refined, with particular success by Claude Garamond .

When the baroque and neo-classical antiqua emerged, the French Renaissance antiqua went unnoticed for a long time. Their usefulness was only recognized in the second half of the 19th century; it is still in great demand today.

In the English-speaking world, the name Garalde is common for this font class , in France Garaldes , in Holland Garalden . These terms are suitcase words from the first syllables of the names of Garamond and Aldus Manutius. In Italy the font class is called Elzeviriani .

features

The French Renaissance Antiqua has a calmer typeface thanks to the more uniform letter shapes. The shadow axis is still inclined, but the horizontal line of the e is almost horizontal. The upper serifs are still modeled after the painting with the quill pen. This font class is most commonly used for novels and other longer reading texts because of its excellent reading properties.

Well-known representatives

See also

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  • Karl Vöhringer: Getting to know printed matter, applying differentiating . Verlag Forum und Technik, Stuttgart 1989, ( technical publication series of the industrial union Medien 1, ZDB -ID 1064778-8 ).