Essonnes Font Family

Essonnes Font is a classic serif font family that brings a fresh and contemporary touch to any design project. Made up of sixteen individual weights and spread over three different optical sizes, Essonnes is designed to bring utility back to the Didot genre. Itโ€™s a common belief among designers that Didones donโ€™t work for text. This wasnโ€™t true in 1819 and it isnโ€™t true today. Like its forbearers, Essonnes is a truly optical familyโ€”not just a study in adjusting contrast. The text and display weights have been designed from the ground up for their intended roles. This means that everything from the height of the uppercase & lowercase letters have been specifically tuned for their intended purpose. Like many typefaces, Essonnes started after falling in love with a piece of history. In this case, it was the eccentric forms of Pierre Didotโ€™s Type and the evolution of the High contrast Didone throughout the 19th century. It was out of curiosity and love for these forms that led to the first draft of what would become Essonnes back in 2011. These unique situationsโ€”screens, modern printing methods, the previous 200 years of typographic innovation since the original design, my own life experiencesโ€”have led to a typeface that, while based on history, is not stuck in it.

Thanks to James Todd. Essonnes Font is the demo version, free for personal use only.

Link to purchase full version and commercial license: HEREย ย 


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Apr 17, 2023
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