Affigere
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A display typeface drawn from the visual language of French public notice typography, referencing the 1881 bill-posting law.
About
Affigere takes its cues from the large, blunt lettering found on French public notices and bill-posting culture, with the page invoking the familiar 'Défense d'afficher' prohibition. The design occupies the territory of vernacular display type suited to posters and large-scale graphic work. Little technical detail is available from the page, but the typographic character is bold and rooted in a specific cultural tradition.
Classification
The page presents Affigere as a display typeface with bold, poster-scale lettering evocative of French public notice typography and bill-posting tradition.
Weights
Regular
Languages
Latin
Tags
displayposterfrenchvernacularboldpublic-notice