Thomas Huot-Marchand designs bespoke typographic solutions for brands and institutions seeking to strengthen their visual identity. His research expertise allows him to advise and support both clients and creative teams on typographic history, technology, and concepts.
Curation and scenography, with Alice Savoie, of the exhibition “TYPO’&!.,-:;? ANRT” at the Musée de l'imprimerie et de la communication graphique, in Lyon, presenting 30 years of ANRT archives. Nov 11, 2016 - Feb. 12, 2017.
- Atelier national de recherche typographique, Nancy
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- 2018
Rencontres du 3e Type
- 2018
Rencontres du 3e Type
Curation and organisation of the 2nd edition of the Rencontres du IIIe Type in Nancy, Campus ARTEM, on Feb. 19-20, 2018. With Ruedi Baur (FR), Johannes Bergerhausen (DE), Christopher Burke (UK), Sébastien Dégeilh , Antonio Silveira Gomes (FR-PT), Marie Flesch , Colin M. Ford (USA), Pierre Fournier, Charles Gautier, Jochen Gerner, Jérémie Hornus, Gaetan Baehr, Julie Soudanne, Black[Foundry] (FR), Paul D.Hunt (USA), Luna Kindler (BE), Aline Melaet (BE), Gilles Palsky, Éloïsa Pérez (FR), Luciano Perondi (IT), Morgane Pierson, Arthur Francietta, Anne-Lyse Renon, Charlène Cassier, Magali Massiera, Frédéric Rouffet (FR), Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer (AU), Shivay la bruja (FR), Coline Sunier, Charles Mazé (FR), Daniel Utz (DE).
Design by Jochen Gerner and Thomas Huot-Marchand, website by Thomas Bouville. Rencontres du 3e Type
- 2017
Knuth Vs. Hofstadter
- 2017
Knuth Vs. Hofstadter
In 1982, few months after the publication of Donald Knuth article The Concept of a Meta-Font, Visible Language publishes Meta-Font, Metamathematics, and Metaphysics : Comments on Donald Knuth’s « The Concept of a Meta-Font », by Douglas Hofstadter, an american professor of cognitive sciences. His remarks bring nuances to Knuth’s conclusions, addressing the problem from another point of view. His investigations in typography, in the field of artificial intelligence, subsequently appeared in the Letter Spirit project, where he tried to develop a program that is capable of developing an entire alphabet from a few seed letters, based on a very coarse grid. Years later, when the concepts of parametric fonts, AI and deep learning applied to type design reappeared, Hofstadter’s ideas are still relevant. Talks (FR / EN) given in Istanbul during Istype 2017, on June 10, and at the Fonderie de l'image in Paris, on November 13, 2018. ANRTABCD, Letter K
- Atelier national de recherche typographique, Nancy
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- 2020
The Evolution of Typographic Species
- 2020
The Evolution of Typographic Species
About typography, paleontology, evolutionism, fixism, interpolation and miscegenation. Seminar given online during the Covid-19 confinement, on May 7, 2020. With Georges Cuvier, Jean-