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Destra

Fond de riz · Cédric Rossignol-Brunet

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Destra specimen from Fond de riz

A two-weight revival typeface sourced from early 20th-century French automotive booklet lettering, currently in progress.

About

Destra is drawn from a French booklet about cars from the early 1900s, reviving the period lettering for contemporary use. Available in Light and Bold weights, the family is still a work in progress. The source material grounds it in a specific moment of French printed commercial culture.

Classification

A revival drawn from early 20th-century French automotive booklet lettering, suggesting a display typeface with decorative or period-specific characteristics typical of commercial printed ephemera from that era.

Weights

LightBold

Languages

Latin

Tags

revivalfrenchdisplayearly-20th-centuryautomotiveephemerabooklethistorical