Thierry Puyfoulhoux
Thierry Puyfoulhoux was born in France in 1961. He studied calligraphy and typography at the Scriptorium de Toulouse and at the Imprimerie Nationale (the government Printing Office) in Paris under the direction of José Mendoza y Almeida. He was then a graphic designer in corporate identity in a great Parisian studio: Dragon Rouge.
He has worked on a freelance basis since 1991, and founded his own typefoundry Présence Typo in 2000.
He lives in the French Alps with his wife and his two daughters. Among his most well known typeface designs are ITC Friz Quadrata Italic, ITC Korigan, Bebop, Classica, and Presence.
[Thierry Puyfoulhoux, February 2002]