Versailles Gate
Céline Hurka Type Foundry · Céline Hurka · 2024
A 177-character ornamental display face drawn from Céline Hurka's memory of touching the gilded gates of Versailles on a day the palace was closed.
About
Versailles Gate interprets the ironwork of the Versailles palace gates — flowers, crosses and suns — as letterforms and symbols, making autobiographical experience the basis for its design. The character set includes numerous ligatures and decorative glyphs that extend its ornamental language beyond a conventional Latin alphabet. It was initially released via Solitype before becoming available directly through the designer's own foundry.
Classification
A decorative display typeface inspired by the ironwork of the Versailles palace gates, incorporating ligatures, symbols and ornamental forms drawn from crosses, flowers and suns. Its highly personal, illustrative character places it firmly in the ornamental display category.