• 2017
  • Knuth Vs. Hofstadter

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  • 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
  • Typeface:
  • ANRT
  • 2018
  • Les petits corps

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  • 2018
  • Les petits corps

Talk given at ENSBA Lyon on November 6, 2018. About ophtalmogy, compact typography, marionnettes and stencils. With Louis-​Emile Javal & William Addison Dwiggins, and documents from Bruce Kennett, Eric Kindel and Fred Smeijers. ANRTABCD, Letter D

  • Atelier national de recherche typographique, Nancy
  • Typeface: Minuscule
  • ANRT
  • 2014
  • Rencontres du 3e Type

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  • 2014
  • Rencontres du 3e Type

Curation and organisation of the 1st edition of the Rencontres du IIIe Type at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, on Dec. 9, 2015. With Florence Codine (FR), John Hudson (CA), Joel Kavelsmaki (USA), Sarah Kremer (FR), Marcus Phillips (UK), Marc H.Smith (FR), Andreas Stötzner (DE)… Design by Sarah Kremer, Website by Thomas Bouville. Rencontres du 3e Type

  • Atelier national de recherche typographique, Nancy
  • Typeface:
  • ANRT