Arsen

Typofonderie · Joachim Vu · 2023

serifFrench Elzevir, old-styleitalic

A French Elzevir built from the Turlot foundry's 1895 Elzevir No.3, scaled across four optical sizes.

About

Arsen is not a strict revival, it takes heavy influence from Turlot's Elzevir No.3 without reproducing any one historical style outright. Four optical sizes, Affiche for posters down to Text for body copy, each carry seven styles in roman and italic.

Classification

A French Elzevir built with heavy reference to the Turlot foundry's Elzevir No.3 of 1895, offered across four optical sizes, Affiche, Display, Normal and Text.

Weights

RegularBookDemiBoldExtra BoldHeavyBlack

Optical sizes and widths

AfficheDisplayNormalText

Family

Arsen AfficheArsen DisplayArsen NormalArsen Text

Languages

Latin