This presentation will trace the development of a project carried out as part of the postgraduate course EsadType (École supérieure d’art et de design d’Amiens) between October 2022 and March 2023. Initiated by several members of the teaching staff, this project aims to encourage the students of the 2022-24 group to rediscover forgotten aspects of the history of letterforms in 19th century France. After a preliminary phase of research and documentary analysis, the selected examples were first reinvented through intensive practice with different drawing and lettering techniques. This unusual approach gave surprising results and generated new models, ready to be transformed into typefaces and digital fonts.
This is Not a Revival: An experience in type design
