Mistral (font)

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mistral
font mistral
category script
Font designer Roger Excoffon
Creation 1953
Alternative name Staccato 222; Mysell normal
example
Font example for Mistral
Example on a restaurant table

The Mistral font was created in 1953 by the French commercial artist Roger Excoffon (1910–1983). The font is based on his own handwriting.

After the Second World War he founded the “U&O” agency, which had a major impact on French typography in the second half of the twentieth century.

Just like the Banko and Choc created by Excoffon, Mistral is one of the popular advertising fonts from the 1950s. The similar-looking Pepita also belongs to the group of cursive fonts that were popular at the time as advertising fonts. These fonts can be used well for headings and as a markup font for small commercial jobs, but are unsuitable for bulk typesetting.

Today the font is sold under the original name Mistral by Letraset and Linotype , Bitstream sells it as Staccato 222 .
PrimaFont / Franzis Verlag renamed the font from the holdings of the liquidated H. Berthold AG "Mysell-Normal".
The original manufacturer was the Fonderie Olive, Marseille.

Web links

Commons : Mistral  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. MyFonts [1]
  2. Ulrich Stiehl [2] PDF document, English
  3. Klingspor Museum [3] PDF document