Typeface Design for Enfantine
An upright script that feels familiar rather than strange
Enfantine is an upright script typeface designed by Jean-Baptiste Levée, originally created for Nathan's children's book imprint. Its monolinear letterforms draw on cursive educational models from Holland and France and on children's brand aesthetics. The family comprises three weights plus Baby, a bold style with soft ends, and pairs the script lowercase with a clean roman sans serif uppercase.
Set in Enfantine
Insights
- Levée drew on Dutch and French cursive educational models as primary references, grounding the design in handwriting pedagogy rather than decorative tradition.
- OpenType features, mastered by Ben Kiel, handle spacing and letter connections without calling attention to themselves.
- Letter connections operate at three vertical levels—top, middle, and bottom—accommodating varied joining geometry across the character set.
- Baby is described as a bold style with soft ends.
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