Jade Devaud will deliver a few words in tribute to the hugely respected type designer Franck Jalleau, who died on 13th April. Franck Jalleau was a type designer, calligrapher, and stonecutter. A former student of the Scriptorium de Toulouse and ANCT (Atelier National de Création Typographique), he was type designer for the French Imprimerie Nationale, where he developed a program of exclusive typefaces from 1990.
From Jean-Baptiste Levée’s eulogy:
Franck Jalleau was one of those teachers we remember for a lifetime. For many of us, he was much more than a teacher: he was a benevolent tutor, a workshop mate, sometimes even a friend. Beyond passing on his know-how of typographic design, he transmitted a genuine humanism, an elevated one, joyful and resolutely mischievous.
Presentation ATypI Paris 2023
At ATypI Paris 2023, Alice Savoie and Thomas Huot-Marchand delivered a keynote talk, which in many ways now stands as a hommage to Franck.