“Born on 7 September 1910 in Marseille to a family of flour-mill
owners and magistrates, Excoffon moved to Paris around 1929, to
study law and philosophy. However, he spent most of his time there
studying drawing and painting at a number of free academies, and
absorbing the visual vitality of the French capital, where the
posters of Jean Carlu, Charles Loupot and Cassandre were to be
found on practically every wall.” —Sébastien Morlighem, “Mr
Mistral”
“Immediately after peace returned to Europe in May 1945,
Excoffon joined the Fonderie Olive. This typefoundry was managed in
Marseille by his brother-in-law, More…
“Born on 7 September 1910 in Marseille to a family of flour-mill owners and magistrates, Excoffon moved to Paris around 1929, to study law and philosophy. However, he spent most of his time there studying drawing and painting at a number of free academies, and absorbing the visual vitality of the French capital, where the posters of Jean Carlu, Charles Loupot and Cassandre were to be found on practically every wall.” —Sébastien Morlighem, “Mr Mistral”
“Immediately after peace returned to Europe in May 1945, Excoffon joined the Fonderie Olive. This typefoundry was managed in Marseille by his brother-in-law, who made Excoffon the firm's art director. Consequently he became responsible for promoting sales of the foundry’s types. He did this so successfully that he discovered that he had a talent for publicity work. At the same period he quickly learned enough about the technical side of typefounding to start designing new types for the Fonderie Olive.” —John Dreyfus, “The Speed and Grace of Roger Excoffon”
