Héritier
E162 · Léo Guibert, Gabriel Vaury · 2017
A two-optical-size serif with Book and Display cuts, designed by Léo Guibert and Gabriel Vaury at E162 in 2017.
About
Designed by Léo Guibert and Gabriel Vaury, Héritier offers five styles across two optical registers: a Book cut for running text and a Display cut for larger settings, each available in roman and italic, plus a standalone Black weight. The 559-character set suggests reasonable language coverage for Western European Latin typography. Its origin in a French design school context gives it a considered, academic tone suited to editorial and cultural publishing.
Classification
Héritier has distinct Book and Display optical cuts alongside a Black weight, suggesting a traditionally structured serif with contrasting stroke modulation suited to both text and headline settings.