Enfantine
Specimen
Enfantine In Use
Deus ex Machina is a lifestyle brand rooted in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Dare Jennings in 2006 and, at first, revolved around motorcycling, surfing, music and fashion. The mothership in Sydney, baptized with a wink “temple of boyish enthusiasm” still exists and plays a major role, but since the majority of the business went to a group of mainly Italian investors in 2017, the company meanwhile took its official seat in Milan. The shift behind the scenes had to do with the will to expand the business globally. Apart from uncountable points of sale, Deus ex Machina, in 2024, runs thirteen flagship stores called temples, either directly or under license, from Tokyo to Cape Town and Los Angeles. Far from being standardized, these stores each offer their own mix of products, services, food and community events.
The item featured in this post is a functional jacket named “Plenty“ from the Deus Customs series. Black and of a no-nonsense straight cut, it was designed at the Deus House of Simple Pleasures in Camperdown, Sydney. Its highlights are purely typographic and feature Brush Script (“Plenty Good”), an American classic from the 1940s, and Enfantine (“Deus Customs”), a script typeface designed by Jean-Baptiste Levée from Production Type. While the calligraphic idea behind the first is that of a pointed brush used in sign painting, Enfantine distinguishes itself by monolinear strokes, a wide rhythm with open counters, and by standing upright, a feature seldomly found in script typefaces.Enfantine Baby Bold
Deus ex Machina – “Plenty” coach jacket
This picture book with movable parts was first published in 2011 as Mon imagier des animaux sauvages in Nathalie Choux’s Imagiers Kididoc series for Édition Nathan. Like the French original, the German adaptation by arsEdition uses Enfantine, a (then custom) script typeface commissioned by Nathan from Jean-Baptiste Levée. The title is set in Phill Grimshaw’s ITC Klepto. More recent additions from arsEdition’s version of this series are set in Klepto throughout.Enfantine Baby Bold
Mein erstes Buch von den Tieren by Nathalie Choux, arsEdition
Information
Design
Release Date
2015-10-05Team
Version
1.003Awards & distinctions
About this font
Whatever association they conjure, these simple, monolinear shapes are undeniably appealing, with gentle loops and letter connections that work at several levels (top, middle, and bottom). In bringing this style to a digital font, however, Levée did not lean too heavily on quaint references or fancy tricks. His goal was a useful, modern typeface that can operate in a range of contexts. Typographic features (mastered by Ben Kiel) allow variety, even spacing, and smooth connections, but they don’t draw attention to themselves like a swashy script; they only serve the modest and easy flow of the design.
With its plain lines, unassuming disposition, and clean, roman sans serif uppercase, Enfantine is charmed by the past, but doesn’t live in it. The family has three weights, plus Baby, a bold style with soft ends.
Formats
Static (OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)Language support
Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Afar, Afrikaans, Alekano, Aleut, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Dongolawi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asu (Tanzania), Balinese, Bari, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bikol, Bislama, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dehu, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Embu, English, Ese Ejja, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Ga’anda, Galician, Ganda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gusii, Haitian, Hani, Hiligaynon, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Icelandic, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Irish, Istro Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, K'iche', Kabuverdianu, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Karelian, Kashubian, Kekchí, Kenzi, Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kituba (DRC), Kölsch, Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kven Finnish, Ladin, Ladino, Latgalian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Makwe, Malagasy, Malaysian, Maltese, Mandinka, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Mískito, Mohawk, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Mwani, Naga Pidgin, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Uzbek, Norwegian, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Orma, Oroqen, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papiamento, Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tosk Albanian, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Ume Sami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Venetian, Veps, Võro, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yucateco, Záparo, Zulu
About the designers
Jean-Baptiste Levée is a type designer with a strong focus on corporate and bespoke typefaces.
Jean-Baptiste Levée
CEO, founder
Jean-Baptiste Levée (1981) has designed over a hundred typefaces for industry, moving pictures, fashion and media. He is the founder of the independent foundry Production Type.
Glyphs
OpenType Features
Case-Sensitive Forms
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offContextual Alternates
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offStandard Ligatures
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offSlashed Zero
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offLining Figures
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offTabular Figures
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offSuperscript
H01234
offFractions
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offOrdinals
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offOrnaments
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offStylistic Set 1
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offStylistic Set 2
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