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Fournier|ˈfʊənɪeɪ|
The name of P. S. Fournier (1712–68), French engraver and type-founder, used to designate a style of type designed by him and revived in modern use. Fournier('s) point, a unit of measurement of type.
1902T. L. De Vinne Pract. Typogr. 146 Attempts have been made to return to the Fournier point by making it in accord with the new measures. Ibid. 155 In the Fournier system 1000 points made 35 centimetres. 1927in O. Simon Introd. Typogr. (ed. 2, 1963) v. 92 Fournier, a specimen of a classic old face designed by Pierre Simon Fournier (Fournier-le-jeune) Paris ca. 1750 & now first revived by the Lanston Monotype Corporation Ld...1927. 1930H. Carter Fournier on Typefounding p. xxxv, The traditional ‘Fournier point’, long used in Belgium, was ·013728 English inch. 1935,1945[see Bembo]. 1962D. B. Updike Printing Types (ed. 3) I. ii. 32 Fournier's point is scarcely used nowadays, except in Belgium. 1963O. Simon Introd. Typogr. (ed. 2) iii. 13 Fournier, Plantin and Imprint are..more successful in their smaller sizes. |