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Granville is a commune in the Manche, in north-western France. The residents are called Granvillais. Administratively, the island of Chausey, which includes a small harbour, is part of the commune of Granville. Granville is situated on the Cotentin Peninsula at the mouth of Bosq and Pointe du Roc (Cap Lihou) which in part closes in the north of the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
French and British security forces operate permanently in this very dangerous and narrow area of the Channel, which is one of the busiest sealanes in the world. There are some sea services to England and to the Channel Islands. This traffic is relatively light from Granville, as Saint-Malo and Cherbourg offer more industrialised facilities for passenger and cargo traffic.
Manche Iles Express operates from Granville a ferry to St Helier, 33.6 miles away. The maximum permissible draught in Granville harbour is 11.60 with a tidal coefficient of 100, while dimensions are limited to length 125m, and beam 18m. The bay of Mont Saint-Michel experiences one of the greatest tidal ranges in the world.
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Granville is a commune in the Manche, in north-western France. The residents are called Granvillais. Administratively, the island of Chausey, which includes a small harbour, is part of the commune of Granville. Granville is situated on the Cotentin Peninsula at the mouth of Bosq and Pointe du Roc (Cap Lihou) which in part closes in the north of the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.
French and British security forces operate permanently in this very dangerous and narrow area of the Channel, which is one of the busiest sealanes in the world. There are some sea services to England and to the Channel Islands. This traffic is relatively light from Granville, as Saint-Malo and Cherbourg offer more industrialised facilities for passenger and cargo traffic.
Manche Iles Express operates from Granville a ferry to St Helier, 33.6 miles away. The maximum permissible draught in Granville harbour is 11.60 with a tidal coefficient of 100, while dimensions are limited to length 125m, and beam 18m. The bay of Mont Saint-Michel experiences one of the greatest tidal ranges in the world.
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Design

Jean-Baptiste Levée

Release Date

2015-01-13

Team

Mathieu Réguer

Version

1.002

Awards & distinctions

Typefacts Best of 2015
Typographica’s notable 2015
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About this font

The modulated sans serif — that is, a sans with visible contrast between thick and thin strokes — was once a mainstay of signs and posters, as well as advertising text during the mid 20th century. These faces lost their appeal with the rise of Modernism and were rarely seen over the last 40 years, but Jean‑Baptiste Levée rediscovered their charisma for his latest release. Granville is a reinterpretation of the thick-thin style, built with a rational construction like the early French Moderns, yet without a tie to any specific period or model. This concept brings to mind the classic charmer Peignot, but Granville’s character isn’t derived from eccentric letterforms, but subtle details instead, making it a much more adaptable design. The family range was planned for versatility as well. Unlike most typefaces in this genre, Granville is sufficiently sturdy for text setting, despite its elegant contrast. A Granville Display variant, with the relatively delicate hairlines and narrow stature of a titling face, is available.

In its italic Granville radiates a muted calligraphic tone yielded from the flexibility of the pointed pen. Strokes gently turn and swell. Small tails curl upward. This italic has a distinct personality of its own, but never departs too far from its roman counterpart. The 6-font family has all the debonair refinement of an old modulated sans, without its antiquated baggage.

Formats

Static (OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2)

Language support

Acheron, Achinese, Acholi, Afar, Afrikaans, Alekano, Aleut, Amahuaca, Amarakaeri, Amis, Anaang, Andaandi, Dongolawi, Anuta, Ao Naga, Aragonese, Arbëreshë Albanian, Arvanitika Albanian, Asháninka, Ashéninka Perené, Asu (Tanzania), Atayal, Balinese, Bari, Basque, Batak Dairi, Batak Karo, Batak Mandailing, Batak Simalungun, Batak Toba, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Bikol, Bislama, Borana-Arsi-Guji Oromo, Bosnian, Breton, Buginese, Candoshi-Shapra, Caquinte, Cashibo-Cacataibo, Catalan, Cebuano, Central Aymara, Central Kurdish, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chiga, Chiltepec Chinantec, Chokwe, Chuukese, Cimbrian, Cofán, Congo Swahili, Cook Islands Māori, Cornish, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dehu, Dutch, Eastern Arrernte, Eastern Oromo, Embu, English, Ese Ejja, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, Ga’anda, German, Gheg Albanian, Gilbertese, Gooniyandi, Gourmanchéma, Guadeloupean Creole French, Gusii, Haitian, Hani, Hiligaynon, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Huastec, Hungarian, Icelandic, Iloko, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Irish, Istro Romanian, Italian, Ixcatlán Mazatec, Jamaican Creole English, Japanese, Javanese, Jola-Fonyi, K'iche', Kabuverdianu, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba (Kenya), Kaonde, Karelian, Kashubian, Kekchí, Kenzi, Mattokki, Khasi, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kituba (DRC), Kongo, Konzo, Kuanyama, Kven Finnish, Kölsch, Ladin, Ladino, Latgalian, Ligurian, Lithuanian, Lombard, Low German, Lower Sorbian, Luba-Lulua, Lule Sami, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Macedo-Romanian, Makhuwa, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Makwe, Malagasy, Malaysian, Maltese, Mandinka, Manx, Maore Comorian, Maori, Mapudungun, Matsés, Mauritian Creole, Meriam Mir, Meru, Minangkabau, Mirandese, Mohawk, Montenegrin, Munsee, Murrinh-Patha, Mwani, Mískito, Naga Pidgin, Ndonga, Neapolitan, Ngazidja Comorian, Niuean, Nobiin, Nomatsiguenga, North Ndebele, Northern Kurdish, Northern Qiandong Miao, Northern Sami, Northern Uzbek, Norwegian, Nyanja, Nyankole, Occitan, Orma, Oroqen, Palauan, Paluan, Pampanga, Papiamento, Pedi, Picard, Pichis Ashéninka, Piemontese, Pijin, Pintupi-Luritja, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Samoan, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Seri, Seselwa Creole French, Shambala, Shawnee, Shipibo-Conibo, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Soninke, South Ndebele, Southern Aymara, Southern Qiandong Miao, Southern Sami, Southern Sotho, Spanish, Sranan Tongo, Standard Estonian, Standard Latvian, Standard Malay, Sundanese, Swahili, Swati, Swedish, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Tedim Chin, Tetum, Tetun Dili, Tiv, Tok Pisin, Tokelau, Tonga (Tonga Islands), Tosk Albanian, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Uab Meto, Ume Sami, Upper Guinea Crioulo, Upper Sorbian, Venetian, Veps, Võro, Walloon, Walser, Wangaaybuwan-Ngiyambaa, Waray (Philippines), Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, West Central Oromo, Western Abnaki, Western Frisian, Wik-Mungkan, Wiradjuri, Wolof, Xhosa, Yanesha', Yao, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Yucateco, Zulu, Záparo

About the designers

  • Jean-Baptiste Levée is a type designer with a strong focus on corporate and bespoke typefaces.

    Jean-Baptiste Levée

    CEO, founder

    Jean-Baptiste Levée (1981) has designed over a hundred typefaces for industry, moving pictures, fashion and media. He is the founder of the independent foundry Production Type.
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OpenType Features

Production Type ships OpenType fonts with built-in features such as ligatures, alternates, or pictograms. Here are some of the most important features. To view a comprehensive list of features, please refer to the PDF specimen.

Capital Spacing

UPPERCASE ­

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Case-Sensitive Forms

[CASE-SENSITIVE] !¡?¿-–—()[]{}‹›«»· ­

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Small Capitals

Small Capitals ­

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Small Capitals From Capitals

SMALL CAPITALS ­

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Standard Ligatures

fichier flicker affliger ­

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Discretionary Ligatures

Thesaurus ct st sp ­

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Historical Forms

History ­

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Slashed Zero

0123456789 ­

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Tabular Figures

H0123456789 ­

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Lining Figures

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Oldstyle Figures

H0123456789 ­

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Proportional Figures

H0123456789 ­

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Superscript

H012345679 ­

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Scientific Inferiors

H012345679 ­

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Numerators

H012345679 ­

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Denominators

H012345679 ­

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Fractions

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Ordinals

2a 2o NO No Nº N° nO no nº n° ­

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Stylistic Set 1

Nonchalance ­

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Stylistic Set 2

Prodigiously ­

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Stylistic Set 3

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Stylistic Set 4

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Stylistic Set 5

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Stylistic Set 6

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