Jacques Francois
Designed by Cyreal
1 weights • Version 26 • On Google Fonts since 2012 • Popularity #1300
Quick Summary
1
Styles
400-400
Weight Range
Static
Not variable
1
Languages / Subsets
© 2011, Cyreal with Reserved Font Name 'Jacques Francois'
The quick brown fox
About Jacques Francois Fonts
Jacques Francois revives the c. 1760 Enschedé no. 811 type specimen by Jacques François Rosart (1714-1774), made for Enschedé Printing House. The concept was to create a contemporary webfont with an even typographic color while preserving the essential historic peculiarities and expanding the character set. Compared to the historic specimen the x-height is generously increased and contrast lowered.
Jacques Francois is designed for medium to small sizes. For this purpose its features were altered: contrast was lowered and x-height significantly increased. Designed by Manvel Shmavonyan, Alexei Vanyashin. Jacques Francois includes old style figures.
There is also Jacques Francois Shadow, an incised variant of the Jacques Francois font.
To contribute to the project contact Alexei Vanyashin.
Who Designed Jacques Francois?
Cyreal
Cyreal is a foundry deeply rooted in the open-source movement. Founded in 2010, the collective has expanded popular typefaces like Nunito, Rubik, and Raleway with Cyrillic support, among other works. Its original releases, including Lora, Prata, and Alice, have become a quiet staple in digital and print design, widely appearing across websites, apps, and editorial layouts.
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