ALPHABETS
Presentation
- goals
- the logo
- to subscribe
- press review
Activities
- publishing
- lectures
- exhibitions
- resource centre
- bulletin
About
us
- contact us
- map
- to buy our items
Supports
- supportive institutions
- our favourite websites
The Carrefour des Écritures is manned on Wednesdays from 3 to 7 pm.
We are situated in a little lodge in front of the Maison du Séminaire, 29 boulevard Franck Pilatte, 06300 NICE, FRANCE.
Buses no. 20, 30 or 32a.
To buy our products (books, posters, cards)
- Download
our order form
New 2007 : order form for "Langues et écritures de la Méditerranée"
Or - Visit
these retailers :
- in Nice
- in region Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- in Paris
- other places in France
- abroad
- on the Web
Albertus
For
this site, we have chosen to use the font Albertus, created by Berthold
Wolpe (1905-1989). The typograph, and typography historian, was born in
Germany but lived in London. He started to work on the Albertus font in
1938 for Monotype corporation. He first created Albertus Titling, exclusively
made of capital letters for titles, and then he added the lower case letters
to complete the font in 1940.
With its sharp triangle serifs, drawn as a mere enlarging of the end of
the letters, Albertus looks chiselled in stone, which makes it a noble,
elegant font.