Le Jeune
Commercial Type · Paul Barnes, Christian Schwartz
A modern Didone for fashion and editorial, in four optical sizes from text up to poster, with a stencil variant inspired by French shop lettering.
About
A Modern serif designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz for Chris Dixon's redesign of Vanity Fair, with Greg Gazdowicz on the stencil cuts. Le Jeune updates the French Modern Didone tradition with sharper, rounder ball terminals borrowed from British and American Moderns. Four optical sizes, Text, Deck, Poster and Hairline, span up to six weights from Light to Black with matching italics, alongside a stencil cut at each size inspired by classic French shop lettering. The default home is fashion, beauty and high-end editorial mastheads.
Classification
Commercial Type describe Le Jeune as a contemporary French Modern in the Didot tradition, designed by Paul Barnes and Christian Schwartz for Chris Dixon's refresh of Vanity Fair, with sharp British and American ball terminals rather than soft French teardrops, across four optical sizes.