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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 8h

C’est la semaine des égyptiennes!

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

If you are looking for imposing, ultra-compressed, if not fat headlines, try our Akhen! 1/2

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

🐪Akhen, our NEW Egypto-Slab remixed🐪
➽ typofonderie.com/fonts/akhen-...

Akhen designed by Jean François Porchez, is new typeface family inspired by French 19th-century metal and wood types, featuring three narrow widths and a large range of weights.
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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

The A

Real kerning in action.

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Jean François Porchez @jf.porchez.com · 1d

👍 Heureux d’être parmi les 50 designers qui fêtent les 10 ans de @letterformarchive.org #100Tens

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Letterform Archive @letterformarchive.org · 1d

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Letterform Archive partnered with the San Francisco office of COLLINS on 100 Tens — 50 “1”s from the Archive’s collection paired with 50 new works from a range of today’s leading designers.

#LetterformArchive #100Tens

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

Link to in uses made fir the launch 2/2 typofonderie.com/fonts/akhen-...

Akhen Compressed - En usage - Typofonderie

Exemples de fontes en usage Akhen Compressed. The Bold Issue, Les fameux Biscuits Animaux de Fortnum, Anna Sui, The Nineties, NOgroni, National

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

If you are looking for imposing, ultra-compressed, if not fat headlines, try our Akhen! 1/2

bsky.app/profile/typo...

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

Launched in 2025, Ahken was started in 2021. For the production of the typeface, Jean François Porchez has been accompanied by Jean-Baptiste Pernette, Svetlana Postikova, Burke Smithers, Malo Haffreingue. For the launch of Akhen: Benjamin Rouzand, Emma Rouguet where deeply involved.
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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

The name Akhen is a nod to this typographic history, paying tribute to this period and the fascination with Egyptian civilisation. Akhen is a shortened version of the name of Pharaoh Akhenaten. During the French Directory, antiquity was highly fashionable in French art.
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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

Akhen pays homage to French égyptienne typefaces, offering versatility with OpenType features for stylistic combinations and a comprehensive glyph set. Its rigourous design and short serifs make it a great choice for creating visually appealing designs.

➽ typofonderie.com/gazette/Akhe...
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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 1d

🐪Akhen, our NEW Egypto-Slab remixed🐪
➽ typofonderie.com/fonts/akhen-...

Akhen designed by Jean François Porchez, is new typeface family inspired by French 19th-century metal and wood types, featuring three narrow widths and a large range of weights.
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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 3d

Apolline! typofonderie.com/fonts/apolline

On the left: final drawings.

On the right: first stage at 2cm xheight. It’s a good size to operate your eyes and hands rather than measuring tools.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 9d

🚀Astronef Base 7 widths, 126 fonts + Astronef Super 7 fonts. Let’s be crazy using all Astronef fonts mixed all together.

➽ typofonderie.com/fonts/astron...

— Astronef Super is the futuristic display version.
— Astronef Base, a tribute to 60s french sans serifs.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 3d

Apolline! typofonderie.com/fonts/apolline

On the left: final drawings.

On the right: first stage at 2cm xheight. It’s a good size to operate your eyes and hands rather than measuring tools.

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pixelambacht @pixelambacht.bsky.social · 4d

I added a site-wide font size slider to the Wakamai Fondue bètà. It will change *all* font previews, even the ones that didn't have a font-size slider before!

wakamaifondue.com/beta/

Give it a spin and let me know what you think!

Screenshot of Wakamai Fondue with arrows pointing to the font slider.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 7d

Beautiful a lowercase.
A. Jacoby Fils, Manufacture de caractères en bois. 1910

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 7d

Beautiful a lowercase.
A. Jacoby Fils, Manufacture de caractères en bois. 1910

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 7d

Arny Sans minuscules in particular!

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 8d

Today was a day of searching for references for an article about a new Typofonderie typeface inspired by the French foundries of the 19th that should be published in October 2025.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 8d

Today was a day of searching for references for an article about a new Typofonderie typeface inspired by the French foundries of the 19th that should be published in October 2025.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 9d

🚀Astronef Base 7 widths, 126 fonts + Astronef Super 7 fonts. Let’s be crazy using all Astronef fonts mixed all together.

➽ typofonderie.com/fonts/astron...

— Astronef Super is the futuristic display version.
— Astronef Base, a tribute to 60s french sans serifs.

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 11d

“Mastery of language also naturalized power. It is no accident that emperors were trained in rhetoric and that speeches were fundamental instruments of government.”

Good reading in Spanish + or English below.
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(Photo @jf.porchez.com)

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 11d

“Mastery of language also naturalized power. It is no accident that emperors were trained in rhetoric and that speeches were fundamental instruments of government.”

Good reading in Spanish + or English below.
wirehaired-hovercraft-b76.notion.site/7-8-Escriptu...

(Photo @jf.porchez.com)

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Typofonderie: fonts & typography @typofonderie.com · 13d

Jan Tschichold’s advice for designers.

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