Mai 12th, 2013

week #29 – @jfporchez / Jean François

typefacedesigner-jean-francois-porchez

Who are you and where do you come from?
I’m Jean François Porchez, a typeface designer born (1964) and raised in Paris.

Share your twitter account with us and tell us what you are twittering about:
In fact I have 3 twitter accounts. @jfporchez is my personal account, the more open to any subjects from design, typography to politics and so on. I tweet in English and French depending the topic. From @typofonderie, I tweet as the rest of the team, but its oriented to typography and typefaces design. From @zecraft, I tweet as the rest of the team, but its still oriented to typography but also branding, graphic design.

Tell us about your creative side:
I co-founded Typofonderie.com long ago, and ZeCraft.com more recently. Typofonderie is an independent type foundry since 1994. ZeCraft is specialized in typographic design, bespoke typefaces, lettering jobs, logotypes… I can’t survive without a typeface design project on the way. Its my oxygen.

What inspires you?
Its very strange sikness, I see letterforms everywhere. This sikness is deep. Even in a form of a car design I can find inspiration or a new lettershape. My Instagram feed is a good start to understand my problem http://instagram.com/typofonderie

Time travel: Where would you go to?
An impossible remix of Romain empire, Italian and French Renaissance period, 30’s in New York and Paris, 60’s swinging London.

Name your favorite present book:
The Scythe and the Rabbit: Simon de Colines and the Culture of the Book in Renaissance Paris by Kay Amert and Robert Bringhurst.

Which tweeter would you recommend for @createandrotate and why?

In french
„Gentil cynique attachiant. Je parle au 3e degré et je déteste le franglais.“
„Internet me rappelle les heures les plus sombres de notre histoire.“
In english
Type. Typography. Design. History. Travel. Music. Movies. Food. Friends. Family. Love. Not always in this order. http://typegirl.com
Designer, speaker, author. Founder of typography magazine @8faces. Co-founder of @viewportind. Married to @samkabam. Father of @black_labbath.
Typographer at @FontBureau, co-founder of @FontsInUse, skateboarder, musician, printer, pizza fanatic; raised on Cape Cod, schooled in Boston, residing in NYC.
Kris Sowersby, typeface designer based in New Zealand
Typographer, Professor @HBKsaar, activist.

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