Designer
Alexis Faudot, Rafael Ribas
Family
Jessen
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Styles
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Jessen Cicero 12
Regular Cicero 12 · OTF
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Jessen Mittel 14
Regular Mittel 14 · OTF
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Foundry
ANRT
Manufacturer
ANRT
Copyright
Copyright (c) 2019 ANRT. All rights reserved.
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Vendor ID
ANRT
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Jessen Cicero 12
Regular
Style
Cicero 12
PostScript name
Jessen-Cicero12
Version
Version 1.000;hotconv 1.0.109;makeotfexe 2.5.65596
Unique ID
1.000;ANRT;Jessen-Cicero12
Weight class
400
Width class
5 · Medium
Format
OTF
Original file
Jessen-Cicero12.otf
Units per em
1000
Ascender
750
Descender
-250
Line gap
200
Win ascent
775
Win descent
225
Underline position
-75
Underline thickness
50
Italic angle
0
PANOSE
0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Bounding box
-14, -225, 854, 760
Created
2019-04-24
Modified
2019-04-24
Jessen Mittel 14
Regular
Style
Mittel 14
PostScript name
Jessen-Mittel14
Version
Version 1.000;hotconv 1.0.109;makeotfexe 2.5.65596
Unique ID
1.000;ANRT;Jessen-Mittel14
Weight class
400
Width class
5 · Medium
Format
OTF
Original file
Jessen-Mittel14.otf
Units per em
1000
Ascender
750
Descender
-250
Line gap
200
Win ascent
770
Win descent
230
Underline position
-75
Underline thickness
50
Italic angle
0
PANOSE
0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0
Bounding box
-6, -230, 971, 744
Created
2019-04-24
Modified
2019-04-24
Designer
Alexis Faudot, Rafael Ribas
Foundry
ANRT
Description
Jessen, hybrid of gothic minuscules and roman capitals designed and cut without preliminary drawings in Offenbach am Main by Rudolf Koch for The Four Gospels. Printed at the Klingspor press in 1926 and published by Koch himself. Formerly named Bibel-Gotisch, the type was released as Jessen in several sizes by the Klingspor foundry in 1930.
Type design workshop at ESAD •Valence, April 2016.
Sources: Das Blumenbuch, Rudolf Koch, 1929 & Jessen specimen, Klingspor Foundry, 1934 & Mainz zur Zeit Gutenbergs, Richard Dertsch, 1937.
Workshop participants: Quentin Bohuon, Liv-Anny Cascales, Ariane Corfmat, Quantin Coulombier, Sirima de Resseguier, Marion Dessart, Leo Durand, Justine Gagnaire, Baptiste Garcia, Julian Lagoutte, Emma Mariolle, Agathe Martinez, Claire Peressoti, Laura Piccolo, Khanh Robert, Maxime Samouiller, Kevin Vasic, Alexis Boscariol, Benoît Canaud, Johan Chaneac.
Font designed and produced by Alexis Faudot and Rafael Ribas, directed by Jérôme Knebusch, Atelier National de Recherche Typographqiue (ANRT), Nancy.
Copyright (c) 2019 ANRT. All rights reserved.
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