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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jean_JannonJean Jannon - Wikipedia

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   Jean Jannon (died 20 December 1658) [1] was a French Protestant printer, type designer, punchcutter and typefounder active in Sedan in the seventeenth century. He was a reasonably prolific printer by contemporary standards, printing several hundred books.

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   Jean Jannon French typographer (1580-1658) ... Upload media Wikipedia. Name in native language: Jean Jannon; Date of birth: April 1580 Geneva: Date of death: 20 ...

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   Who was Jean Jannon?

   • The matrices of Jannon's Imprimerie nationale type. Jean Jannon (died 20 December 1658) was a French Protestant printer, type designer, punchcutter and typefounder active in Sedan in the seventeenth century. He was a reasonably prolific printer by contemporary standards, printing several hundred books.

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   Are Jean Jannon fonts underrated?

   • The fonts of Jean Jannon, a.k.a. the would-be Garamond, were underrated by twentieth-century typographers. François Rappo sets the record straight with his crisp JJannon.

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   Why was Jannon a popular punchcutter?

   • Jannon was one of the few punchcutters active in early seventeenth century France. This is perhaps owing to an economic decline over the previous century and due to pre-existing typefaces made during the mid-sixteenth century saturating the market. Jannon's typefaces are based on the style of the previous century, especially the roman.

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   Where did Jannon start his career?

   • Jannon began his career as a printer, first attested in Paris, where he apparently worked for the Estienne family in his early career, and then in Sedan. He mentions in one preface of hearing of the early history of printing in Mainz, so possibly he served an apprenticeship in Germany.

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5. alexanderslawsonarchive.com › anatomy-of-typeThe Alexander S. Lawson Archive » Anatomy of Type Faces ...

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   Sep 9, 2011 · The type of similar appearance, cut by Jean Jannon about 1621, became the property of the Imprimerie Nationale, achieving worldwide attention about 1900 under the name of caractères de l’Université. This latter type was mistakenly attributed to Claude Garamond.

6. www.stormtype.com › people › jean-jannonJean Jannon | Storm Type Foundry

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   The engraver Jean Jannon ranks among the significant representatives of French typography of the first half of the 17th century. He was born in 1580, apparently in Switzerland. He trained as punch-cutter in Paris. From 1610 he worked in the printing office of the Calvinist Academy in Sedan, where he was awarded the title "Imprimeur de son ...

7. typographica.org › typeface-reviews › jjannonJJannon – Typographica

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   Jan 19, 2021 · JJannon. The fonts of Jean Jannon, a.k.a. the would-be Garamond, were underrated by twentieth-century typographers. Type designers, too, had a curious love-hate relationship with Jannon, whose legacy they viewed as a kind of fraud because of the long-standing misattribution of his work to Garamond. Such misunderstandings may explain why so few ...

8. fontsinuse.com › type_designers › 273Jean Jannon - Fonts In Use

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   Jean Jannon. Typefaces: Garamond (37) Monotype Garamond (15) Simoncini Garamond (3) Garamond Classico. Sarabande. Trop Magus.

9. typewest.letterformarchive.org › 2023 › revivalsJean | Type West 2023

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   Jean Caroline Rodrigues de Lima. Jean is a revival typeface based on Jean Jannon’s type. Jean Jannon is considered one of the main representatives of French typography in the first half of the 17th century and the first of the great typographic artists of the European Baroque.