Footnotes issue E front cover

Footnotes is a type design periodical published biennially by La Police. The fifth issue opens with an article by Florian Hardwig on Permanent drawn by Karlgeorg Hoefer, a seemingly-forgotten German Grotesk that designers worldwide have studied-by-drawing off-grid.

Thanks to Sébastien Morlighem, we're now well aware that Pierre-Louis Vafflard cut types for the Didot dynasty, beautiful ones.

The third essay, from the One-off series – contextual type projects from graphic designers – sheds some light on the Belgian figure of Fernand Baudin through a digital re-enactment of his many (hand)writings by Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé.

The last contribution overlaps theory with practise, past with present. A designer’s journey, from the educational binder of Swiss teacher Walter Käch full of lessons to digital redrawings of his template letterforms by Dinamo and Omnigroup (ABC Walter Neue and ABC Walter Alte).

To conclude, the traditional last page entitled Proofs showcases in-progress typefaces from the contributors: Mercator (Laurenz Brunner), Zero, Ninety, Linus (Charles Mazé), LP Jung, Olympia Manuscript No. 4 (Mathieu Christe), Walter Compressed, Slab, Mono (Dinamo, Omnigroup), and Didot Vafflard and Vafflard (Dávid Molnár).

As with every issue, each article is typeset with the related typeface(s), some in-progress and unreleased. The generous iconography also tries to pleasantly surprise the reader with unpublished material.

Footnotes issue E: article 19

Footnotes issue E: article 19: This spread showcases six digital versions of Permanent drawn by (from left to right): Laurenz Brunner, Fabian Harb, Mathieu Christe, Lorenzo Mason, Connor Davenport, Alberto Malossi.

Footnotes issue E: article 20

Footnotes issue E: article 21

Footnotes issue E: article 22

Footnotes issue E: Proofs: On the left a real offset printing testing space to the authors and previously unseen designs to the readers. On the right, the index to navigate the dense content.

Foootnotes issue D front cover

Footnotes is a type design periodical published biennially by La Police. The fourth issue opens with an article on Telefont and the last Dutch telephone book along with all the methodology behind it by Martin Majoor. Sourced from the author’s archive (edition February 1996), an original sample was inserted manually by the editor into each copy.

The second essay dives into Ikarus, a digital tool that describes letterforms, studied in-depth at the University of Reading and beyond by Ferdinand P. Ulrich.

Then, from the One-off series – contextual type projects from graphic designers – Joost Grootens tells us about the genesis of the myriad of symbols that makes Ceremony, one book design at a time.

In the fourth and last text, Pierre-Pané Farré explores the material qualities of 19th century stereotyped poster type.

To conclude, the usual last page entitled "Proofs" showcases in-progress typefaces from the contributors: Film, Exécutif Moderne, HB Items, Waggis, and BALI.

As with every issue, each article is typeset with the related typeface(s), some in-progress and unreleased, including Reform-Grotesk FSL, Breite fette Information, LL Unica77, Demos Next, and LP Jung. The rich iconography also tries to pleasantly surprise the reader with unpublished material.

Worth noting, this issue marks the beginning of articles from out-of-print issues being published online under "Stories" on La Police.

Footnotes issue D: article 15

Footnotes issue D: article 15. Sourced from Martin Majoor’s archive, an original sample was inserted manually by the editor into each copy.

Footnotes issue D: article 16

Footnotes issue D: article 17

Footnotes issue D: article 18

Footnotes issue D: Proofs. On the left a real offset printing testing space to the authors and previously unseen designs to the readers. On the right, the index to navigate the dense content.

Footnotes is a type design periodical published yearly by La Police. The third issue opens with the second part of an article by Alice Savoie about Ladislas Mandel, initiated in issue B. Following this link with the second issue, issue C includes contributions by Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé, Nicolien van der Keur, Alaric Garnier, and Dan Reynolds.

In order for the reader to discover the typeface(s) presented in each contribution, every essay is typeset with the related typeface(s). Some are unreleased, here’s their detailed list in order of appearance:
LP Jung is an in-progress typeface by La Police.
Minuscule by Thomas Huot-Marchand, released by 205TF.
LARA & BALI by Coline Sunier & Charles Mazé, two in-progress typefaces at CAC Brétigny.
Marcin Antique & Typewriter by Mário Feliciano, available at Feliciano Type Foundry.
Antique No 525 Expanded by Alaric Garnier, an unreleased revival.
Akzidenz-Grotesk, sold by Berthold Types.

Footnotes is a type design periodical published yearly by La Police. The second issue opens with the 2nd part of an article by Brigitte Schuster about The Haas Typefoundry Ltd. initiated in issue A. Following this link with the first issue, issue B includes contributions by Optimo, François Rappo, Christian Mengelt, Adrien Vasquez, Frank Grießhammer, Alice Savoie, Dorine Sauzet & Sébastien Morlighem.

In order for the reader to discover the typeface(s) presented in each contribution, every essay is typeset with the related typeface(s). Some are unreleased, here’s their detailed list in order of appearance:
LP Jung is a still-in-progress typeface by La Police.
Detroit was available at Optimo between 1998 and 2000 in MM format.
Swiss Gothic is an unreleased revival of Gerstner/Mengelt’s Programm by François Rappo.
Antique is a private version of Helvetica by François Rappo.
Theinhardt Mono is an in-progress variation of the Theinhardt family by François Rappo to be released by Optimo.
AA Files Display Initials are a mix of styles drawn by Adrien Vasquez for the layout of the AA Files magazine.

Detail from page 57: “Sans Plomb” by Optimo, set in Detroit.

Detail from page 62: “The 2002 Typographic Agenda” by François Rappo, featuring Antique, Theinhardt, Plain, Apax, Theinhardt Mono, and Swiss Gothic.

Detail from page 68: “Typeface Redesign” by Christian Mengelt, pairing Mengelt Basel Antiqua (body text) with Sinova (captions).

Detail from page 71: “A Note on the AA Files Display Initials” by Adrien Vasquez, set in Arnhem Fine and Arnhem.

Detail from page 77: “Cogitating Vectors: The Hershey Fonts” by Frank Grießhammer, featuring Minotaur Beef, Minotaur Sans, and Minotaur.

Detail from page 85: “Everyday type” by Alice Savoie, Dorine Sauzet & Sébastien Morlighem, set in Minuscule 6.

Footnotes is a lovely new type design periodical published by La Police, a Swiss digital type foundry. The first issue contains articles by František Štorm, Atelier Carvalho Bernau, Alan Bartram, Louise Paradis and Brigitte Schuster.

Each text is set with a typeface related with the subject at hand:
Josef is an unreleased monospaced typeface designed by Atelier Carvalho Bernau in 2010, based on Olivetti Candia.
BG Nr. 4325 is “part of three ‘Schreibmaschinen-Schriften’ that were developed in-house by the Bauer Foundry, meant for type setting and not for use on a typical typewriter machine”.
LP Jung is an in-progress typeface by La Police.
Grotesque 4142 is an unreleased typeface designed by François Rappo in 2009.

A second issue is expected to ship around summer 2017.