Roger Excoffon was a typographer and type designer. Excoffon created several typefaces, Banco, 1948, Mistral, 1952, and Nord, 1958-59. He was the art director of the Fonderie Olive and co-director and art director of the advertising agency Urbi et Orbi in Paris.
Explore related designers including A.M. Cassandre and Jean Colin. See also French graphic design history and 1950s graphic design history.
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Beyond his books, Dick Bruna's vivid colour and simplified forms found their way onto posters, packaging, murals and stamps, many of which feature in my growing collection.
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An article on Valentin Zietara , originally in German, published in Gebrauchsgraphik, 10, 1930, written by H K Frenzel translated by E. T. Scheffauer
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A 1903-1904 article on Die Steglitzer Werkstatt, originally in German, published in Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, Vol. XIII, October 1903–March 1904.
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