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In the library with Marc Armand

We invited graphic designer and art director Marc Armand into our library to pick out the type specimens, catalogues and design curiosities he loves, uses, and (only occasionally) disagrees with.
We invited graphic designer and art director Marc Armand into our library to pick out the type specimens, catalogues and design curiosities he loves, uses, and (only occasionally) disagrees with.
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An item he also has in his library:

Antique Olive by Roger Excoffon - Fonderie Olive, foundry type, 1961.

The item he thinks has aged the best:

Univers by Adrian Frutiger - Deberny & Peignot, foundry type / phototype, 1957 (21 styles).

An item he wishes more people knew about:

The Emigre Type Catalog - Emigre Fonts, type catalog, 2004.
Puzzler by Zuzana Licko - Emigre Fonts, digital, 2005.
Lo-Res Monospaced by Zuzana Licko - Emigre Fonts, digital, 2023 (6 styles).

An item he would leave the library with:

The ITC Typeface Collection - International Typeface Corporation, type catalog, 1980.

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