Ambroise Pro / Typofonderie

Typofonderie hat eine neue Schrift veröffentlicht. Die Ambroise Pro von Jean François Porchez wurde bereits 2001 veröffentlicht und erscheint nun nach 15 Jahren Bearbeitung in 28 Schnitten und 3 Weiten. Sie wurde zudem um einige neue Glyphen erweitert. Ambroise Pro ist eine zeitgenössische Interpretation verschiedener älterer Entwürfe von Didot. 
Originally published in 2001, this brand new revision of Ambroise has taken 15 years! Ambroise Pro now available in 28 fonts & 3 widths is a contemporary interpretation of various typefaces belonging to Didot’s late style.

The Ambroise project started in the summer of 2000. The first goal of Jean François Porchez was to complete his initial training. Why? He quickly felt the limits in his range of style. In the years 1980–90 the French tradition of learning type design was based on the use of a calligraphy nib pen and the ensuing humanist typefaces from Jenson to Garamond, etc. It became logically possible to draw a multitude of styles: serif variations, contrasts, from slab serif to sans serif, etc. Nevertheless they remained influenced by the humanist footprint.
 
In parallel, the designs of Ambroise required a complete overhaul thanks to the progression of technology. It had finally become possible to finalise certain details correctly. It was long and hard: what degree of retouching to achieve? To reconstruct or gently clean? Obviously the characteristic shapes of g, k, y marking the Ambroise had to be accompanied by more conventional alternatives. This was achieved with the introduction of variants g, k, more acceptable in certain contexts and uses.

In the spring of 2016, the family finally came to life. Very quickly, the need to produce extrapolations to affirm extremes required us to redraw a new set of masters. The delicacy of the rounded endings was at every moment subject to unlikely mathematical interpretations. The last step started few months later: Using variants and widths imagined in 2001 to increase the possibilities of vignettes was deployed to new vignettes and borders.

Ambroise Pro
Foundry: Typofonderie
Designer: Jean François Porchez
Veröffentlichung: Oktober 2016
Schnitte: 28 Schnitte und 3 Weiten
Preis pro Schnitt: ab 45,- Euro
Preis Familie: 119,- Euro