font_designer: Firmin Didot

Didot LP

Didot LP font

Didot LP is a very elegant rendition of the 18th-century French typeface — Didot. This design took the earlier Italian neo-classical model (Bodoni) to a new level of refinement, with fully rationalized shapes and...

HiH Firmin Didot

HiH Firmin Didot font

Before Bodoni, there was Didot. With the publication by Francois Ambroise Didot of Paris in 1784 of his prospectus for Tasso’s La Gerusalemme Liberata, the rococo typographical style of Fournier de Jeune was replaced...

Initiales Grecques

Initiales Grecques font

The Initiales grecques were made by Firmin Didot ca 1800. When set at 22-pt, the AR font will match the size of the Corps Vingt-Deux from which it is derived.