http://typophile.com/node/16222 Comments for "George Auriol" en http://typophile.com/node/16222 <p><strong><a href="/wiki/Indices" class="wiki">Indices</a> : <a href="/wiki/Designers" class="wiki">Designers</a> : George Auriol</strong></p> <p>George Auriol, 1863-1938, is the pseudonym of Jean-George Huyot. He was an Art Nouveau artist and designer, one of a group who frequented the Chat Noir or Black Cat Cafe in the Montmartre district of Paris. He came to Paris in 1883 to be a writer and some of his essays were published in Chat Noir. Eugéne Grasset introduced him to typography and book design which led to his designing <em>Les Trente-six Vues de la Tour Eiffel</em> in 1902. He worked as an illustrator, writer, and printmaker as well as a type designer. He is best known for his Auriol face designed for <a href="/wiki/Deberny%252BPeignot" class="wiki-create">Deberny Peignot</a>. The letter forms are stencil like and have very organic shapes which can be seen as flowers, plants, or bones.</p> wiki Sun, 13 Nov 2005 14:55:02 -0800 gthompson 16222 at http://typophile.com