Figure 183
Fournier le jeune’s Types Poétiques (cicéro, romain and italic)
From Manuel Typographique (scans), 1764
1764
…the roman types of the ordinaire class became, under Fournier’s graver, a trifle sharper and more open in cut than the current old style. In these faces, particularly in italic, one sees the sure advance of a lighter fashion in printing types. The condensed poétique types are of the same general character as those of Luce…