That’s a didot i’ve been working on for quite some times now on a very low intensity mode. It would be nice to get more time to be able to only work on it and push it as far as I can.
I plan a few journeys to the St Bride Library later this september in order to perfectly identify the font and maybe get some a few digital specimen/scan – the image i’m working from is not so high resolution and i miss some details. The shape of the lower case o is in the form of an egg – it is what attracted me at the very beginning – a kind of odd feeling about it. Now, it hapens I quite like it (read: a lot!), and when looking at a regular Didot, I find the regular one to be too perfectly close from a circle.
I’m actualy drawing some letters which didn’t exist in my sample – it is the case of the 0 (zero) which is designed as a kind of clin d’œil to the zero of Francois Rappo for LaPolice.
When I finish a more descent version of it, i will post an early release on Fontnest.
* Didot typeface’s name comes from the Didot family – Didot is the name of a family of French printers, punch-cutters and publishers. Through its achievements and advancements in printing, publishing and typography, the family has lent its name to typographic measurements developed by François-Ambroise Didot and the Didot typeface developed by Firmin Didot. (wikipedia about Didot Family)
** This didone typeface I’m working on has been cut by Firmin Didot (1764–1836) a little while ago… here i’m not caring really about the dazzle effect and i’m trying to stay as close from the original shape cast in metal as possible. I think to dedicate this thin version (highest contrast) to only large letter size.
*** others Didot I like notably includes Didot Elder by Francois Rappo, Ambroise by Jean-Francois Porchez