
Le Typorium prĂ©sente une nouvelle famille de caractĂšres calligraphiques basĂ©s sur une Ă©criture Ă©tudiĂ©e Ă travers les manuscrits et autographes de Georges Brassens, poĂšte et musicien (1921-1981). Son tracĂ©, rigoureux et appliquĂ©, souvent minutieux, est Ă lâimage dâune Ćuvre unique et singuliĂšre, immĂ©diatement reconnaissable. Le script Brassens offre des fonctionnalitĂ©s OpenType telles que des caractĂšres alternatifs pour les majuscules et les minuscules afin de renforcer la fluiditĂ© dâune Ă©criture manuelle, des chiffres alternatifs, des fractions et un jeu de caractĂšres accentuĂ©s Ă©tendu pour prendre en charge de nombreuses langues Ă©trangĂšres. Trois graisses ont Ă©tĂ© créées afin dâoffrir une large palette de possibilitĂ©s graphiques. 60 images dâun poĂšte qui a cassĂ© sa pipe Ă lâĂąge de 60 ans., classĂ©es en trois sĂ©ries de vignettes (pictogrammes, symboles, portraits), elles illustrent lâunivers imagĂ© et la richesse symbolique de la poĂ©sie de Georges Brassens oĂč les reprĂ©sentations mythologiques et allĂ©goriques y tiennent une part importante. Georges Brassens est un poĂšte, auteur-compositeur-interprĂšte nĂ© Ă SĂšte le 22 octobre 1921, mort Ă Saint-GĂ©ly-du-Fesc le 29 octobre 1981 et enterrĂ© au cimetiĂšre Le Py de SĂšte. Auteur de plus de deux cents chansons populaires, il met en musique et interprĂšte ses poĂšmes en sâaccompagnant Ă la guitare. Outre ses propres textes, il met Ă©galement en musique des poĂšmes de François Villon, Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Paul Fort, Antoine Pol, ou encore Louis Aragon. Il reçoit le Grand Prix de PoĂ©sie de lâAcadĂ©mie Française e 1967. Un grand nombre dâĂ©coles, salles de spectacle, voies, parcs et jardins portent Ă©galement son nom, dont Ă Paris le parc Georges-Brassens, tout proche de lâimpasse Florimont oĂč il vĂ©cut ses premiĂšres annĂ©es parisiennes, de sa maison de la rue Santos-Dumont et du cafĂ© Les Sportifs RĂ©unis â Chez Walczak â rue Brancion qui lui inspira « Le Bistrot ». Ă SĂšte, lâEspace Georges Brassens ainsi que de nombreux festivals et associations redonnent vie au poĂšte et Ă son Ćuvre. The Typorium presents a new calligraphic typeface family based on a writing studied through the manuscripts and autographs of Georges Brassens, poet and musician (1921-1981). Its layout, rigorous and applied, often meticulous, is in the image of a unique and singular work, immediately recognizable. Brassens script offers OpenType features such as alternate characters for upper and lower case to enhance the fluency of handwriting, alternate numbers, fractions and an extended accented character set to support many foreign languages. Three weights have been created to offer a wide range of graphic possibilities. 60 images of a poet who broke his pipe (French expression for passing away) at the age of 60, classified into three series of vignettes (pictograms, symbols, portraits), they illustrate the imagery world and the symbolic richness of Georges Brassens poetry where mythological and allegorical representations hold an important part. Georges Brassens is a poet, singer-songwriter born in SĂšte on October 22, 1921, died in Saint-GĂ©ly-du-Fesc on October 29, 1981 and buried in Le Py cemetery of SĂšte. Author of more than two hundred popular songs, he sets to music and performs his poems, accompanying himself on the guitar. In addition to his own texts, he also sets to music poems by François Villon, Victor Hugo, Paul Verlaine, Paul Fort, Antoine Pol, or Louis Aragon. He received the Grand Prix of Poetry from the AcadĂ©mie Française in 1967. A large number of schools, theaters, streets, parks and gardens also bear his name, including in Paris the Georges-Brassens park, very close to the impasse Florimont where he lived his first years in Paris, his house in the rue Santos-Dumont and the cafĂ© Les Sportifs RĂ©unis - Chez Walczak - rue Brancion which inspired "Le Bistrot". In SĂšte, the Espace Georges Brassens as well as numerous festivals and associations bring the poet and his work back to life.