Dimitri from Paris – “Sacré Français!” single covers and music video
French CD single front cover
This single from Dimitri from Paris’ retro-inspired debut album Sacrebleu features two frilly fonts: Holiday – and specifically its Extra Flair style – (song title, speech bubbles) and Viola Flare (Dimitri credit, stereo indication). Non-frilly Helvetica Compressed is utilized for the back cover and spine.
The song’s accompanying animated music video, with a plot that’s a cross between Pepé Le Pew and To Catch a Thief, has a mademoiselle pursued by a stereotypical Frenchman during her Paris sightseeing. All the while, more examples of Holiday and Viola (with liberal use of alternate glyphs) are present in almost every scene.
Based on the glyph sets I have seen for Holiday, there are no diacritics provided in that typeface. So, the é and ç in the title are likely custom modifications. Note the discrepancy in the title’s diacritics on the single cover and throughout the music video.
Visual credits on the single are given as follows: “Cover art Genevieve Gauckler. Characters by Kuntzel + Deygas.” I take ‘characters’ to mean the cartoon characters and not typography, as the music video is listed among Kuntzel + Deygas’ music-related work on their website.
UK CD single front cover
French CD single back cover
