TF, 2 letters that signify at the same time Type Foundry and Typographie Française (French Typography). 205TF is a type foundry that brings together the work of independent typeface designers, some of them well known, others closer to the beginning of their career, all highly talented. Each of them developing characters where a certain French spirit can be felt. 205TF is a foundry on a human scale, and beyond the distribution of their work, it supports typeface designers by making their creations available to a wider audience, allowing for greater recognition of their work.
205TF makes a choice of quality: a small number of creators, a precise selection of characters. The number is of little importance, the quality however is essential.
New Release: Naancy by Damien Gautier
www.205.tf/naancy
Naancy is a name that reflects Damien Gautier’s initial inspiration: the French city of Nancy and its school of art and design. He was drawn to the challenge of Art Nouveau: combining the arabesques and curves inspired by nature with the geometry of an alphabet and the precision required in developing a digital typeface.
It was while wandering the streets of France and Europe that Damien Gautier laid the foundations for this typeface, which he has been working on for over five years.
Drawing from architecture—its rhythm, the juxtaposition of styles, the play of light and shadow, the layout of facades, motifs and ornaments—and from nature, with its unexpected forms, curves, and intertwining shapes.
In an urban context, architecture and nature coexist and engage in what can sometimes be surprising relationships. Damien Gautier translates this proximity and broad diversity into a striking typeface. Naancy is, in fact, a multifaceted typeface. At first glance, it appears as a filigree titling font; the geometry is bold, and the spacing and kerning are particularly tight and contrasting. Then, through successive modifications and permutations, it evolves into an ornate—and even exuberant—typeface featuring ligatures, initials, and decorative letters.
Attentive to the signs he observes while walking through the urban landscape, Damien Gautier is particularly sensitive to those that reveal a handcrafted dimension and specific know-how. He closely examines wrought-iron doors, gates, railings, guardrails, and barriers, which, in their great variety, develop an aesthetic and geometry that seem to transcend styles: Classic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism… The designer sees the construction of a typeface as being akin to the work of an ironmonger or blacksmith—rigorous in design, with curves forcibly constrained by the resistance of the metal.
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New Release: Naancy by Damien Gautier
www.205.tf/naancy
Naancy is a name that reflects Damien Gautier’s initial inspiration: the French city of Nancy and its school of art and design. He was drawn to the challenge of Art Nouveau: combining the arabesques and curves inspired by nature with the geometry of an alphabet and the precision required in developing a digital typeface.
It was while wandering the streets of France and Europe that Damien Gautier laid the foundations for this typeface, which he has been working on for over five years.
Drawing from architecture—its rhythm, the juxtaposition of styles, the play of light and shadow, the layout of facades, motifs and ornaments—and from nature, with its unexpected forms, curves, and intertwining shapes.
In an urban context, architecture and nature coexist and engage in what can sometimes be surprising relationships. Damien Gautier translates this proximity and broad diversity into a striking typeface. Naancy is, in fact, a multifaceted typeface. At first glance, it appears as a filigree titling font; the geometry is bold, and the spacing and kerning are particularly tight and contrasting. Then, through successive modifications and permutations, it evolves into an ornate—and even exuberant—typeface featuring ligatures, initials, and decorative letters.
Attentive to the signs he observes while walking through the urban landscape, Damien Gautier is particularly sensitive to those that reveal a handcrafted dimension and specific know-how. He closely examines wrought-iron doors, gates, railings, guardrails, and barriers, which, in their great variety, develop an aesthetic and geometry that seem to transcend styles: Classic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism… The designer sees the construction of a typeface as being akin to the work of an ironmonger or blacksmith—rigorous in design, with curves forcibly constrained by the resistance of the metal.
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#typography#graphicdesign#design#typedesign#typeface#naancy#damiengautier#205tf
New Release: Naancy by Damien Gautier
www.205.tf/naancy
Naancy is a name that reflects Damien Gautier’s initial inspiration: the French city of Nancy and its school of art and design. He was drawn to the challenge of Art Nouveau: combining the arabesques and curves inspired by nature with the geometry of an alphabet and the precision required in developing a digital typeface.
It was while wandering the streets of France and Europe that Damien Gautier laid the foundations for this typeface, which he has been working on for over five years.
Drawing from architecture—its rhythm, the juxtaposition of styles, the play of light and shadow, the layout of facades, motifs and ornaments—and from nature, with its unexpected forms, curves, and intertwining shapes.
In an urban context, architecture and nature coexist and engage in what can sometimes be surprising relationships. Damien Gautier translates this proximity and broad diversity into a striking typeface. Naancy is, in fact, a multifaceted typeface. At first glance, it appears as a filigree titling font; the geometry is bold, and the spacing and kerning are particularly tight and contrasting. Then, through successive modifications and permutations, it evolves into an ornate—and even exuberant—typeface featuring ligatures, initials, and decorative letters.
Attentive to the signs he observes while walking through the urban landscape, Damien Gautier is particularly sensitive to those that reveal a handcrafted dimension and specific know-how. He closely examines wrought-iron doors, gates, railings, guardrails, and barriers, which, in their great variety, develop an aesthetic and geometry that seem to transcend styles: Classic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism… The designer sees the construction of a typeface as being akin to the work of an ironmonger or blacksmith—rigorous in design, with curves forcibly constrained by the resistance of the metal.
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#typography#graphicdesign#design#typedesign#typeface#naancy#damiengautier#205tf
New Release: Naancy by Damien Gautier
www.205.tf/naancy
Naancy is a name that reflects Damien Gautier’s initial inspiration: the French city of Nancy and its school of art and design. He was drawn to the challenge of Art Nouveau: combining the arabesques and curves inspired by nature with the geometry of an alphabet and the precision required in developing a digital typeface.
It was while wandering the streets of France and Europe that Damien Gautier laid the foundations for this typeface, which he has been working on for over five years.
Drawing from architecture—its rhythm, the juxtaposition of styles, the play of light and shadow, the layout of facades, motifs and ornaments—and from nature, with its unexpected forms, curves, and intertwining shapes.
In an urban context, architecture and nature coexist and engage in what can sometimes be surprising relationships. Damien Gautier translates this proximity and broad diversity into a striking typeface. Naancy is, in fact, a multifaceted typeface. At first glance, it appears as a filigree titling font; the geometry is bold, and the spacing and kerning are particularly tight and contrasting. Then, through successive modifications and permutations, it evolves into an ornate—and even exuberant—typeface featuring ligatures, initials, and decorative letters.
Attentive to the signs he observes while walking through the urban landscape, Damien Gautier is particularly sensitive to those that reveal a handcrafted dimension and specific know-how. He closely examines wrought-iron doors, gates, railings, guardrails, and barriers, which, in their great variety, develop an aesthetic and geometry that seem to transcend styles: Classic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism… The designer sees the construction of a typeface as being akin to the work of an ironmonger or blacksmith—rigorous in design, with curves forcibly constrained by the resistance of the metal.
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#typography#graphicdesign#design#typedesign#typeface#naancy#damiengautier#205tf
New Release: Naancy by Damien Gautier
https://www.205.tf/naancy
Naancy is a name that reflects Damien Gautier’s initial inspiration: the French city of Nancy and its school of art and design. He was drawn to the challenge of Art Nouveau: combining the arabesques and curves inspired by nature with the geometry of an alphabet and the precision required in developing a digital typeface.
It was while wandering the streets of France and Europe that Damien Gautier laid the foundations for this typeface, which he has been working on for over five years.
Drawing from architecture—its rhythm, the juxtaposition of styles, the play of light and shadow, the layout of facades, motifs and ornaments—and from nature, with its unexpected forms, curves, and intertwining shapes.
In an urban context, architecture and nature coexist and engage in what can sometimes be surprising relationships. Damien Gautier translates this proximity and broad diversity into a striking typeface. Naancy is, in fact, a multifaceted typeface. At first glance, it appears as a filigree titling font; the geometry is bold, and the spacing and kerning are particularly tight and contrasting. Then, through successive modifications and permutations, it evolves into an ornate—and even exuberant—typeface featuring ligatures, initials, and decorative letters.
Attentive to the signs he observes while walking through the urban landscape, Damien Gautier is particularly sensitive to those that reveal a handcrafted dimension and specific know-how. He closely examines wrought-iron doors, gates, railings, guardrails, and barriers, which, in their great variety, develop an aesthetic and geometry that seem to transcend styles: Classic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism… The designer sees the construction of a typeface as being akin to the work of an ironmonger or blacksmith—rigorous in design, with curves forcibly constrained by the resistance of the metal.
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#typography#graphicdesign#design#typedesign#typeface#naancy#damiengautier#205tf
New Release: Naancy by Damien Gautierwww.205.tf/naancy
Naancy is a name that reflects Damien Gautier’s initial inspiration: the French city of Nancy and its school of art and design. He was drawn to the challenge of Art Nouveau: combining the arabesques and curves inspired by nature with the geometry of an alphabet and the precision required in developing a digital typeface.
It was while wandering the streets of France and Europe that Damien Gautier laid the foundations for this typeface, which he has been working on for over five years.
Drawing from architecture—its rhythm, the juxtaposition of styles, the play of light and shadow, the layout of facades, motifs and ornaments—and from nature, with its unexpected forms, curves, and intertwining shapes.
In an urban context, architecture and nature coexist and engage in what can sometimes be surprising relationships. Damien Gautier translates this proximity and broad diversity into a striking typeface. Naancy is, in fact, a multifaceted typeface. At first glance, it appears as a filigree titling font; the geometry is bold, and the spacing and kerning are particularly tight and contrasting. Then, through successive modifications and permutations, it evolves into an ornate—and even exuberant—typeface featuring ligatures, initials, and decorative letters.
Attentive to the signs he observes while walking through the urban landscape, Damien Gautier is particularly sensitive to those that reveal a handcrafted dimension and specific know-how. He closely examines wrought-iron doors, gates, railings, guardrails, and barriers, which, in their great variety, develop an aesthetic and geometry that seem to transcend styles: Classic, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modernism… The designer sees the construction of a typeface as being akin to the work of an ironmonger or blacksmith—rigorous in design, with curves forcibly constrained by the resistance of the metal.
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#typography#graphicdesign#design#typedesign#typeface#naancy#damiengautier#205tf