Tracing back to the sixteenth century and with the likes of Dutch influence, French Civilité was born as a script that flourished in northern Europe. Most known for his cutting of Garamond Italic, Robert Granjon was a French typefounder and punchcutter working in Antwerp, France when he developed the French Civilité type. Granjon’s typographical ideas have served as the bases for most of the twentieth century’s Garamond revivals.
Civilité is a type that was designed as a French response to the Italian Italic in 1558. This specific type is among one of the most challenging to comprehend and it was Robert Granjon that achieved its most elite form. French Civilité’s elegant lines and theatrical touch derives from its use as a script for rendering contracts as well as its use to address checks. The non-connecting upright script ensures that no additional text could be added.
Cursive Script (basis for Civilité style)
Recto and Verso pages from Book of Hours (Horæ Beatæ Mariæ Virginis) France; Early XVIth Century.
Granjon’s typographical ideas have served as the bases for most of the twentieth century’s Garamond revivals.
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