Everybody sees examples of typography every day. on the streets, in the shops, while going on any transport and even in our fridge! Needless to say, that we are overwhelmed by the amount of visual stuff around us! most of the people don't even have a clue what a difficult subject typography is. But this person definitely did…Pierre Simon Fournier was a French graphic designer. He was born on the 15 of September in 1712. He is most known for the typographic work that he has done through his entire life.
Most of the Fonts Simon Fournier has designed were Serif types. There always was a big contrast between the areas where the letters were thin and thick, which could lead to bad clarity of the text. Nevertheless, the Simon Fournier’s fonts are still used or are used as a base to create new fonts “in the style of Simon Fournier”. Joanna, Meridienm, Fairfield… these are only few that are used nowadays…
Pierre Simon Fournier has been a hard-working person and not only he designed the types, but also he had several publications about it.” Modèles des Caractères”, "Manuel Typographique", "Essai d’un nouveau caractère de fonte pour l’impression de la musique".
Another thing that Pierre Simon Fournier has been working of is musical notes. He has make made the shapes smoother, the notes easier to read. He died at the age of 56, on the 8 of October in 1786.
Bibliography:
1)Pierre Simon Fournier - Linotype Font Designer
http://www.linotype.com/711/pierresimonfournier.html
2)Identifont - Pierre Simon Fournier
http://www.identifont.com/show?17K
3)Pierre Simon Fournier - LoveToKnow 1911
http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Pierre_Simon_Fournier
4)Laurent Pflughaupt “Letter by Letter”, Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.
Daria Sidorenko
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