Type ID: pre 1850s Didone
James Puckett
Posts: 2,013
I am trying to identify a Didone type that appears in a series of pre-1850s books printed in Paris. After examining the type I think someone modified an existing Didot to make it a display face. You can see one of the books at: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bourgey1832bd1_1/0151?sid=f299654410d58d1c7338a5bf18c59014
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Jean François Porchez recognized this as being from the foundry of Jules Didot.
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k852262t2 -
Looks pretty awesome
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NewParis from Swisstypefaces.com is a contemporary variant1
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