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

    The matrices of Jannon's Imprimerie nationale type. 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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  3. typographica.org › typeface-reviews › jjannonJJannon – Typographica

    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 ...

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  5. Feb 3, 2012 · The italic is indeed the Petit Canon italic of Jean Jannon, and it is one of two italics by him which are shown in the specimen of 1643. Matrices for three sizes of roman and italic types were bought from Jannon by the director of the Imprimerie royale in 1641, the Gros Canon, Petit Canon and Gros Parangon, types that were later cast on bodies ...

  6. 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. Sep 22, 2016 · Sedan: Jean Jannon, 1636. 64mo in eights (62 x 36 mm). Contemporary vellum, painted black, spine with raised bands, two functioning silver clasps, silver corners, marbled paste-downs. Provenance: contemporary ink inscription A le Marg: Le Cocq fille du Juge d’Origny.

  8. 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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