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Type designer, Head of Master Type Design at ECAL. Retail fonts at www.205.tf

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NEW UPCOMING LUBALIN LECTURE! Carving shapes: Lyons letterforms, from stone to digital with Matthieu Cortat-Roller @mcnonpareille will take place online on Mon, October 26, 2026, 12:30–2:30 PM (Eastern Time)!

To get your free tickets, go to Lubalin Lecture Series linked in our bio!

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La rigueur du @centrededesignuqam me fascine toujours. Il le prouve encore en présentant une exposition très pointue consacrée aux caractères typographiques provenant de la prestigieuse école d’art de Lausanne @ecal_ch en collaboration avec @designuqam. La typographie est un univers riche et trop souvent ignoré qui touche autant l’histoire, la culture que l’art. La table ronde en présence de Matthieu Cortat-Roller @mcnonpareille a permis de mieux comprendre son importance. Bravo encore au Centre de Design et toute l’équipe.

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CONFÉRENCE 🗣️🗣️

Ce jeudi au Bocal (DG-2260👁️) on reçoit Matthieu Cortat-Roller @mcnonpareille de l’ECAL (haute école d’art et de design en Suisse), qui est de passage à Montréal dans le cadre de l’exposition ECAL Atlas typographique :)

📍1440 rue Sanguinet, local DG-2260 (2e étage de l’école de Design)

📅 Ce jeudi 10 septembre, 12h à 13h30

❕Ouvert à tous et à toutes

🤑 Gratuit! Pas de billet nécessaire!

À jeudi!! On a hâte de vous voir pour la première fois de l’année skolère! ❤️👅🗣️

** typo de l’affiche: « Cosimo », faite par Matthieu lui-même!! ;) **

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I looooove when I can travel for work and combine it with seeing friends again and making new ones!
2. Écal jury of @ecal_type_design master
3. Pre jury dinner with @helene_marian, @r_typography and @mcnonpareille
4. @mcnonpareille showing alternatives in type design (sorry forgot who made the bow and arrow, please remind me!)
5, 6, 7. Jury session going on
8. Seeing friend and collaborator @pierawolf again
9. New office who dis I wish
10. High on type
11. Dreamy blues
12. Dream come true
13. Curves
14. Coffee w @gregory_page_
15. Visiting @veravandeseyp IRL at @la_becque
16. Ben, the guardian dog of @la_becque
17, 18. Finally meeting Simon from @burgunder IRL
19. Finally meeting @linamueller_illustration and @lucaschenardi from @sun___pal IRL who won a Swiss Design Award! Woohooo.
20. @linamueller_illustration worked with @piera and I on this book Lo-TEK

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ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS:
EXHIBITION OPEN FROM WED MAY 20 TO WED MAY 27 • 14h00-18h00 • 6 BIS RUE DES RECOLLETS 75010 PARIS
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TUE MAY 26 • 18h30 • TALK @MADPARIS • Atlas typographique: dessiner, exposer, diffuser des caractères
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Conceived as a travelling exhibition and developed as a book, ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS celebrates the Swiss school’s long-standing commitment to contemporary graphic and typographic creation.
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The project gathers 300 typefaces designed by ECAL Master Type Design and Bachelor Graphic Design students from around the world, structured through a distinctive indexing system that treats typography as visual, cultural and linguistic practice.
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The 536-page publication unfolds as an expansive cartography of contemporary typography. Contributions by James Langdon, Alexis Georgacopoulos, Matthieu Cortat-Roller. • 21.5 × 30.5 cm • Hardcover, cloth binding • €48
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Book design @gilianecachin & @eurostandard
Motion design @jamy_herrmann
Published by @empire.b.o.o.k.s
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@ecal_ch
@ecal_graphic_design
@ecal_type_design
@jameslangdon.eu
@angbenedetto
@mcnonpareille

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TUESDAY 19 MAY • 18:00-21:00 • ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS: EXHIBITION & BOOK LAUNCH
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Conceived as a travelling exhibition and developed as a book, ECAL A TYPOGRAPHIC ATLAS celebrates the Swiss school’s long-standing commitment to contemporary graphic and typographic creation.
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The project gathers 300 typefaces designed by ECAL Master Type Design and Bachelor Graphic Design students from around the world, structured through a distinctive indexing system that treats typography as visual, cultural and linguistic practice.
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The 536-page publication unfolds as an expansive cartography of contemporary typography. Contributions by James Langdon, Alexis Georgacopoulos, Matthieu Cortat-Roller. • 21.5 × 30.5 cm • Hardcover, cloth binding • €48
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EXHIBITION OPEN FROM WED MAY 20 TO WED MAY 27 • 14h00-18h00 • 6 BIS RUE DES RECOLLETS 75010 PARIS
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TUE MAY 26 • 18h30 • TALK @MADPARIS • Atlas typographique: dessiner, exposer, diffuser des caractères
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Book design @gilianecachin & @eurostandard
Motion design @jamy_herrmann
Published by @empire.b.o.o.k.s
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@ecal_ch
@ecal_graphic_design
@ecal_type_design
@jameslangdon.eu
@angbenedetto
@mcnonpareille

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🌐📘ECAL A Typographic Atlas 📘🌐
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A type specimen is a document used by printers and type founders to present their catalogs. Initially produced as single sheets and rarely dated, they evolved into books as the Industrial Revolution, technical advances, and the rise of literacy multiplied typographic styles.
Today, type specimens mostly exist in digital form.
This is a type specimen. But not only.
It is also an Atlas: a collection of letterforms mapping ten years of typographic creation at ECAL/Universityof Art and Design Lausanne, Switzerland. Through two programs —the Bachelor Graphic Design and Master Type Design — ECAL has trained more than four hundred students graduates in the drawing, spacing, coding, and mastering of letterforms. The result is a wide map: from classical, easy-to-read text intended for small-size running copy, to wild display shapes; from experimental, barely readable forms to revisited classical models —it spreads across every genre of the contemporary typographic spectrum.
Typography today is truly global. With students from over thirty countries, ECAL captures cultural connections across the world and within the type design industry. Following the footsteps of early type specimens that juxtaposed Greek, Hebrew, and Latin scripts, ECAL A Typographic Atlas presents alphabets, abugidas, abjads, and hanzi/kanji across a rich variety of writing systems, alongside letterforms in use in logos across multiple genres, since type design forms the very foundation of all graphic work.
By juxtaposing these diverse approaches, ECAL affirms its role as an international crossroads for typographic design — where teaching, research, and practice continuously inform one another.
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Texts by: James Langdon, Alexis Georgacopoulos, Matthieu Cortat-Roller
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English
21,5 × 30,5 cm
536 pages, hardcover
more than 300 typefaces
Design: Eurostandard & Giliane Cachin
48€
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Exhibition and talk in Paris to be announced soon.
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@ecal_ch
@ecal_type_design
@ecal_graphic_design
@eurostandard
@gilianecachin
@alexis_georgacopoulos
@angbenedetto
@mcnonpareille
@jameslangdon.eu

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Meet Matthieu, ATypI Country Delegate for Switzerland!

ATypI country delegates serve as local ambassadors—connecting, growing, and supporting our global type community.

Whether you’re a student, designer, educator, or researcher, reach out to your delegate to get involved, share ideas, and amplify local voices in the global typographic dialogue.

#ATypI #CountryDelegates #TypeCommunity

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Petit Serif, updated!

Designed by Matthieu Cortat and first released in 2012 as a single Regular weight, Petit Serif now includes Light and Bold.
This new release also features an extended character set, refined Cyrillic support, and a variable font.
→ 205.tf/petit-serif

Inspired by lettering by Percy J. Delf Smith for 55 Broadway in London, Petit Serif draws on monumental Roman capitals with classical proportions and subtle serif details. Intended for titles and shopfronts, it is now available in a broader and more flexible form.
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#typography #graphicdesign #design #typedesign #typeface #contemporarytype #tomorrow_featured #365typefaces #designeveryday #font #typeinspiration #artdirection #designfeed #goodtype #typelover #typeindex #certainmagazine #eyeondesign #petitserif #matthieucortat #205tf @mcnonpareille

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Grazie alle tante persone che ieri hanno partecipato all’opening della mostra che racconta dieci anni di ricerca tipografica degli studenti e studentesse di @ecal_ch, attraverso una raccolta di oltre 300 caratteri.

Un ringraziamento speciale ai rappresentanti di @ecal_ch e @archiviotipografico, e agli studenti e alle studentesse di @ecal_type_design e @ecal_graphic_design che, durante il talk inaugurale, ci hanno accompagnato dentro i loro processi e metodi, restituendo il lavoro di ricerca e sperimentazione.

🌐 La mostra “ECAL A Typographic Atlas” è visitabile fino al 14 marzo, dal lunedì al sabato dalle 14 alle 19,
Ingresso libero.

Foto di @vittorioiandolino_photo

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Il 12 febbraio alle 18:30 inauguriamo la mostra “ECAL A Typographic Atlas” con un talk introduttivo insieme a studenti e studentesse di @ecal_type_design e designer.

L’incontro presenta il lavoro svolto all’interno del Master in Type Design e del Bachelor in Graphic Design di @ecal_ch, da cui nasce la mostra. Attraverso interventi di type designer, il talk racconta processi, metodi e approcci alla pratica tipografica contemporanea: dai workshop intensivi ai progetti semestrali e di diploma.

Intervengono:
● Saliù Baldé, Claudio Bolzonello, Orlando Brunner, Elena Calò, studenti ECAL Master Type Design
● Giulia Zanzarella, type & graphic designer, alumna ECAL
Introducono:
● Matthieu Cortat Roller, Head of ECAL Master Type Design
● Davide Tomatis, printer & type designer, @archiviotipografico

📎 Ingresso libero
Foto cover @marvmerkel

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New Release: Gando by Matthieu Cortat

Clear, sharp, and slightly haughty, Didot typefaces have a distinct personality. Yet when used for running text, this very charisma can work against them; their readability would be improved if they were more rounded and flexible.

Gando, designed by Matthieu Cortat in 2025, combines these two seemingly incompatible temperaments. Developed as variable fonts, Gando openly embraces both extremes along with the full spectrum that lies between them: from a bold and glamorous “Poster” style to a rounded, charming, and discreet “Caption” style, along with a number of intermediary nuances. It is a typeface able to shine in the spotlight while also capable of reliably playing a supporting role; a family that ranges from the flamboyant diva, the young leading man, and the supporting actors, to the extras.

Everything starts with a specimen dating to 1828, printed in Paris for the Gando brothers’ foundry, which primarily presents running type in the Didot style of the period. Close study of these models reveals designs cleverly adapted to small sizes, along with some singular choices—notably an alternative series for the letters a, g, and j with a distinctly modernist appearance.

Gando comes in four optical sizes: “Caption,” with a reinforced x-height and spacing optimized for small sizes; “Text,” with softened edges; “Display,” which fully embraces the Didot aesthetic; and “Poster,” where attention to the expressiveness of the curves is at its peak. This palette is enhanced with italics and a range of weights from Regular to Bold.

From charismatic icons to extras, from grand dames to young leading men, Gando modulates typographic voice with consistency and finesse, playing its role on the stage of the page.

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#typography #graphicdesign #design #typedesign #typeface #contemporarytype #tomorrow_featured #365typefaces #designeveryday #font #typeinspiration #artdirection #designfeed #goodtype #typelover #typeindex #certainmagazine #eyeondesign #gando #matthieucortat #205tf @mcnonpareille

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