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205 Corp.
24, rue Commandant-Faurax
69006 Lyon
France
T. 33 (0)4 37 47 85 69
M. contact@205.tf
Newsletter
Battling is a geometrical lineal, inspired by the “Universals” that were distributed by the Dutreix foundry in Limoges in the 1930s, and that were probably intended to compete with the Europe (the French name given to Paul Renner's Futura) in the field of the “modernist” sans serifs. Battling is a robust typeface that conserves the awkwardness of its original model. It possesses a sort of “adolescent vigour”, frustrated and rowdy.
Matthieu Cortat has produced Battling in four weights (light, regular, medium, bold) with their corresponding italics. In medium and bold, it avails of a series of uppercase titling characters, decorated with a thin thread of light. It also possesses a series of roman numerals in small capitals.
This typeface is based on the principle – apparently simple but ultimately quite complex – of layering of letters. Each letter is effectively layered upon the previous one and this systematically creates encounters that are automatically corrected by more than 1,200 ligatures. The addition of alternative letters allows the result to be perfected. The Opentype format and the associated functions render the use of this typeface almost child's play.
With this typeface, Damien Gautier was awarded the “Bukva:raz !”, ATypI 2002 prize for excellence.
With the efficient and precious help of Roxane Gataud.