As part of the typeface design workshop program organised up by Karen Cheng, Jean François Porchez was invited to gives three lectures during his stay in Seattle in February 2012. The first was about Sabon Next and Henderson projects, and was hosted by Geoffrey Turnovsky course about the impact of the printing press in 16th-18th-century Europe at Washington University. Another about logotypes and bespoke fonts, organised jointly by French-American chambers of commerce and Alliance Française.
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Lectures in Seattle
Few photos from the current exhibition in Paris “La typo dans tous ses états (Typography in all its forms)” have been posted. Its a collective exhibition of typographers, graphic designers and photographers, in partnership with Imprimerie nationale’s “Atelier du Livre d’art et de l’Estampe” and Graphê magazine
Redesigning a website is never a small detail. It started in May 2011, when I asked to Tim Brown and Jason Santa Maria for suggestions: I have just the folks you should talk to, some good friends of ours at Paravel I’ve worked with them on numerous projects, and they are fast, intelligent, and very good. I highly recommend them! At Typofonderie, we suddenly realized that these guys were behind many projects, from Letteringjs to FitText in addition to various publications about Responsive design. 
Capri is a new typeface designed by Felix Braden in the tradition of geometric typefaces from the late 20s. 
WebInk blog recently featured The Man Behind Paris’s Most Public Typefaces. Note that they “maintained its European spellings, which we find as charming and elegant as we do his type design.” The interview was conducted in September 2011
The Estacom organizes a series of conferences on trades related to communication during the year 2011-12. 
In August 2011, Pascal Béjean, graphic designer by profession, but a photographer during his spare time, came to visited us. A gray day, which will give a series of photos in chiaroscuro, appreciated by the team
A few months ago, we were invited by the British designer Abigail Borg to design a new brand for its activities. Working for and with designers is always a great experience and Abigail Borg is not only a talented designer, but great to work with her. 
[lettrine]V[/lettrine]ery nice specimens created by Working Format in the article about AW Conqueror wrote by Grace Partridge for The Case & Point. This online publication launched in 2010 is a curated selection of custom type design and lettering created for a specific project or use. 
[righthand] If you?re a Typofonderie?s client: To celebrate the launch of the Apolline PTF , clients benefit a special price of only euros 168 of any of the packs (standard price at ? 210).