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Emmanuel Besse

@embes@typo.social

̶G̶r̶a̶p̶h̶i̶c̶ Type design
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Formagari (@formagari@typo.social, founder, 2022–∞)
Large (co-founder, 2012–2024)
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Typefaces available on Formagari & Production Type.
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🌐 Marseille, France

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Joined November 15, 2022

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Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Apr 29, 2026

Replying to @electrobibliotheque@typo.social

@electrobibliotheque@typo.social InDesign pour tester des layouts complexes, drawBotProofing pour générer rapidement des planches de tests plus techniques

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Apr 17, 2026

Replying to @kai@typo.social

@kai @kupfers Inside quotes, I would put a thin space… Fixed width feels too large most of the time. So let’s say nonbreaking? (L’académie française will hate me)

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Apr 07, 2026

Madrid vernacular type hunt

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Apr 03, 2026

Replying to @thierryblancpain@typo.social

@thierryblancpain@typo.social Yes, among others

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Apr 02, 2026

Do people asking you to pay to feature in a list/index really believe that they are doing “curation”?

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Mar 09, 2026

Replying to @timotheegoguely@mastodon.design

@timotheegoguely @Typespecimens @formagari @lucaslebihan Here’s a Stripe link: https://buy.stripe.com/dRm7sK9yWaP7adJbLzew80k I’ll add a special page on our website later

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @marsidesino@typo.social

@marsidesino@typo.social People investing in artworks are called Art Buyers, though (in this case IMO, the “buy” verb implies that they care about the art, not just the financial asset). Or you’re “buying the rights” to a song. Maybe it’s not the verb but the word “font” that gets less respect than other types of art? 🙃

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Feb 09, 2026

Replying to @db@typo.social

@db@typo.social Thank you!!

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Feb 09, 2026

I’m looking for a typeface description I read somewhere, going something like “The simple man’s Futura” (could be another typeface). Does it ring a bell?

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Jan 28, 2026

Funny story (you can read the slogan while hearing Vignelli making old white man noises):

https://www.archiviograficaitaliana.com/project/296/itstheirbodoni

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Jan 13, 2026

Status: in a love/hate relationship with components

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Jul 04, 2025

Replying to @kai@typo.social

@kai It did land! I tried to counter with an interpolation joke in English. Maybe out of my league.

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Jul 04, 2025

Replying to @kai@typo.social

@kai Wait. Are those info for a variable axis? This is going too far.

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Jul 04, 2025

Replying to @kai@typo.social

@kai @formagari Haha! Sancy is a real place, though. I was going for the classic Sancy Sans / Sancy Slab duo, but saying *Sancy Sans* out loud made me feel like I have a lisp.

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · May 13, 2025

Little paperback designed for my friend Luca Eminenti Chanteau. Luca conducted interviews with seven young architects who chose to establish their practices in a rural environment. This humble and interesting book transcribes their discussions.

I used my own typeface Cedrat Text in Light & Bold (+italics) for the book and I’m very happy with how the whole thing turned out!

Cedrat is available @formagari@typo.social

Emmanuel Besse @embes@typo.social · Apr 07, 2025

Little lecture today in Hồ Chí Minh City, Việt Nam at 6 pm.
I’ll talk about my previous experience co-founding and directing the graphic design studio Large, and my more recent endeavour running my own type foundry, Formagari @formagari@typo.social

The event is organised by Thóc Field and takes place at TaCoffee.Space.

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