Couteau

Add type sample

Credits

Designer(s)
Add
Foundry(ies)
Add
Release Year
2012
Country of Origin
Add
Classification
Ornamented, Novelty
Original Format
Digital
Distributor(s)
Add
Tags
display, serif, stencil

Background

OurType Couteau is designed by Pierre Pané-Farré, and is part of the Stencil Fonts Series of 2012. Couteau is Pané-Farré‘s second typeface for OurType, joining his Orly Stencil, also released in 2012.

Couteau is shaped by cutting. Brisk curves, sharp corners, and abrupt angles are common among letters cut quickly with knives or chisels. In skilful hands these tools generate letters that are dynamic, spirited, and direct in their making. Berthold Wolpe’s Albertus typeface (The Monotype Corporation, 1935-40), with its origins in chisel-cut bronze lettering, illustrates this beautifully.

Background Source

Listing Info

Dave Dawson’s avatar

Last edited by Dave Dawson on September 22, 2012, 11:52am EST

View full edit history

In the Wild

Adding Your Photos

To have your photos for a typeface show up here, upload them to Flickr and tag them with machine tags. Read more about Typedia and machine tags.

Some examples:

  • type:face=helvetica
  • type:style=bold
  • type:foundry=linotype
  • type:designer="max miedinger"