Ambroise

Typofonderie · Jean François Porchez · 2016

serifDidot-style display serifcondenseditalic

A Didot-style display serif named for the Didot printing dynasty, with condensed and extra-condensed widths built in.

About

Ambroise takes high-contrast Didot forms and gives them a full width range: standard, the condensed Firmin, and the extra-condensed François. Seven weights with italics cover the family, all tracing their names to members of the historic Didot printing house.

Classification

Every cut in the family is named after a member of the Didot printing dynasty. Ambroise Firmin is the condensed width and Ambroise François the extra-condensed width of this same design, not separate typefaces.

Weights

LightRegularDemiBoldExtra BoldHeavyBlack

Optical sizes and widths

standardcondensedextra-condensed

Family

Ambroise FirminAmbroise François

Languages

Latin