Fonderie Olive Explained

Fonderie Olive
Foundation:1836
Founder:Marcel Olive
Defunct:1978
Location:Marseille, France
Key People:Roger Excoffon
Industry:Type foundry

The Fonderie Olive, in English, Olive Foundry, was a small but high-profile type foundry located in Marseille, France. It is best known for the work of the typeface designer Roger Excoffon. In 1978 the foundry was acquired by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company which transferred photocomposition rights for all faces to Haas.

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Fonderie Olive:[1]

Notes and References

  1. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983,, p. 2408-249