Fonderie Olive

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The Fonderie Olive, in English Olive Foundry, was a small but high profile type foundry located in Marseilles, France. It is best known for the work of the typeface designer Roger Excoffon. In 1978 the foundry was acquired by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company which incorporated Olive's faces into its own typeface library.

[edit] Typefaces

Fonderie Olive's typefaces include:

  • Chambord (1945)
  • Banco (1951)
  • Mistral (1953)
  • Choc (1955)
  • Diane (1956)
  • Calypso (1958)
  • Antique Olive (1962-1966)