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A century-old French foundry type, restored and multiplied
A2 Mazarin revives a Garamond-inspired metal typeface originally designed by Robert Girard around 1921–23 and first published as Astrée by Deberny & Peignot. Stephenson Blake recut and renamed it Mazarin in 1926. The original existed only as a single roman and italic; A2-TYPE has restored and extended it into a contemporary multi-style family.
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Insights
- The source typeface was issued under two different names by two different national foundries within roughly five years of its creation.
- The original release comprised only one upright style and a matching italic, making the multi-style expansion a significant structural addition.
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