Fonderie Typographique Française

Fonderie Typographique Française was a French type foundry. Founded in Paris in 1921 following the merger of the Turlot, Durey & Berthier, Renault & Marcou, Huart, Chaix, and Saling type foundries. In 1969 it moved to Champigny-sur-Marne and took the name "Société Nouvelle de la Fonderie Typographique Française". Sold in 1974 to the Fundición Tipográfica Neufville, in Barcelona^[1]

Fonderie Typographique Française

Company type	Defunct
Industry	Type foundry
Predecessor	Turlot, Durey & Berthier, Renault & Marcou, Huart, Chaix, and Saling type foundries
Founded	1921; 104 years ago (1921)
Defunct	1974; 51 years ago (1974)
Fate	Merged into Fundición Tipográfica Neufville
Successor	Fundición Tipográfica Neufville
Headquarters	Paris, France

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Fonderie Typographique Française:^[2]

• Amadis, a blackletter face
• Apollo, a knock off of Futura.
• Ascot
• Atlas (1933, Karl Hermann Schaefer) An Art Deco typeface originally issued as Fatima by Schriftguss Type Foundry^[3]
• Bizerte
• Blanches Saint Germain, pearly capitals.
• Caravelle (1957–62, Baum + Bauer), originally sold as Folio by Bauer.^[4]
• Clipper, (1951, Louis Ferrand)
• Deauville (1927, M. Loewe) ^[5]
• Décor, a pixelized face with mosaic effects.
• Ecriture parisienne (ronde)
• Editor (1937, Henri Chaix) ^[6]
• Egyptiennes, a slab-serif face.^[7]
• Estienne (c. 1929-30, George W. Jones ), based on the slightly earlier type designs owned by Parisian printer Robert Estienne.^[8] Very tall ascenders and descenders.
• Excelsior FTF, an Art Nouveau face.
• Garamond FTF
• Hélios, a shaded titling face.
• Horizon (1952–55, Baum + Bauer), originally sold as Imprimatur by Bauer.^[9]
• Ile de France (Enric Crous-Vidal)
• Italienne (c. 1820) ^[10]
• Marocaines FTF, revived by Mario Feliciano as Mazagan (2019).
• Muriel (1950, Joan Trochut-Blanchard), a script typeface.
• Normandy
• Paris (1953, Enric Crous-Vidal)
  • Flash (1953, Enric Crous-Vidal), a shaded version of Paris, not to be confused with the more famous type of the same name by Lanston Monotype.^[11]
• Pittoresques FTF (1924), a Japanese style art nouveau face, revived by Yanick Blancho as Koëlh (2015).
• Psitt (1954, René Ponot)
• Ramsès, a slab-serif face.
• Stylo(1935), a connected script.
• Swing, an Art Deco typeface.
• Vulcain, an Art Deco typeface.