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.
- 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
-
Typeface:
-
ANRT
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
-
Typeface:
-
ANRT
exhibition
Some Clubs du Livre of my collection. Seminar given online during the Covid-19 confinement, on April 27, 2020. With Pierre Faucheux, Jacques Darche, Jacques Daniel et Massin. ANRTABCD, Letter T
- Atelier national de recherche typographique, Nancy
-
Typeface:
-
ANRT
