Mistral
Mistral is a casual script typeface designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive type foundry, and released in 1953. The Amsterdam Type foundry released a version in 1955. Excoffon based the form of the typeface on his own handwriting.
Mistral
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- Name
- Mistral
- Period
- 1951.
- Region
- France.
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Mistral is a casual script typeface designed by Roger Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive type foundry, and released in 1953. The Amsterdam Type foundry released a version in 1955. Excoffon based the form of the typeface on his own handwriting.
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Overview
Overview
The stroke has an informal graphic quality similar to brush and ink. The lowercase letters are carefully designed to connect on a line to an extent unusual in script fonts. Descenders are long, and increase the sense of motion. The face has several specially designed ligatures (which have not been duplicated in digital versions). In lowercase Mistral is a true connecting script, similar to cursive writing. Choc, another typeface of Excoffon's, grew out of his repeated and ultimately abandoned efforts to make a bold of Mistral. The poster for the film Drive uses this font for the film's title.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Mistral • Style — Script • Classifications — Casual script • Releasedate — 1953 • Creator — Roger Excoffon • Foundry — Fonderie Olive • Foundries — Amsterdam Type Foundry • Variations — Staccato 222
Chronology
Dated record
Chronology
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1951
Mistral first recorded.
Primary material
Documents and archives
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10302412-8, Mistral.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1939311: Mistral
General reference · Wikidata
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Literature
Mistral / Carta a G. A personagem lésbica no cinema brasileiro realizado por mulheres durante a ditadura civil-militar (1964-1985), Mistral, 2022
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 10302412-8, Mistral.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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