Tarnac
Tarnac is a slab serif typeface published by Sharp Type, designed by Marc Rouault. It comes in 5 weights, from Thin to Black. It is one of 45 typefaces from Sharp Type in the Type.lol catalog, 2 of them slab serif.
From the foundry
Began as a revival of the Turlot foundry's 1905 Égyptiennes Penchées Noires (Black Leaning Egyptian). This particularly French style of slanted Égyptienne, with its wonky proportions and flat-interior bowl shapes, is an intractable aesthetic element of French culture — featured in many of the Panneaux Michelin road signs. The historic signage served as a spiritual beacon for the design.
Published by Sharp Type
Typeface on the foundry website
- Classification
- slab
- Weights
- Thin, Light, Regular, Bold, Black