Since the arrival of desktop computers, the majority of professional letters have been composed in quality typefaces. Typewriters & the typestyles they used have become antiques. A letter composed in Times or Helvetica & printed with a laser printer at 300 or 600 dpi are of such quality that one can no longer distinguish it with a document produced by offset printing. More…

But letters composed in this way appear overly institutional. Le Monde Courrier, designed by Jean François Porchez, attempts to re-establish a style halfway between writing and printing. It returns the informal character of “typewritten” fonts to letters and suit well all bad conditions printings, such faxes and low printer resolutions. Even though it connotes this aspect of communication, it does not have any less of a typographic character, integrating itself with the rest of the family with effective contrast.

Le Monde Courrier is available in three weights, each in roman, italic & small capitals.