Hello,

please help me to find the fond that are used for the titles of the Gallimard/Blanche books (cover)

Thank you !

Bodoni  Suggérée par Lancon 

Edited
The series has existed since 1911 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collection_Blanche_%28Gallimard%29
This seems to be the current digital Didot used for the Collection Blanche
You can download other Collection Blanche covers and they have the same font.
PDF versions are available for purchase and may have the font embeded.



source: http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Blanche/Magique-aujourd-hui
Perhaps a house font created by Porchez???
I would be interested to learn the answer

Don, could it be the bold condensed style of Bodoni?

Bauer Bodoni, maybe

Edited:
I read an academic paper on the typography of several French literature series which identified Didot as the font for Gallimand Blanche and contrasts this with the use of Bodoni for Les editions de Minuit.

---start quote---
Editions Gallirnard and Les editions de Minuit display
the information on their covers with two different, yet very
similar-looking typefaces; the former uses the Didot
typeface, the latter the Bodoni typeface. Although an
untrained eye probably would not distinguish Didot
characters from Bodoni characters
---end quote---
Towards a theory of reception for written literature with reference to the printed works of Anne Hébert and other authors
David Harold Sanderson 1995

So

Thank you

Someone with some cash to burn could download a pdf of one of the books and see what's embeded

Note the _G_ has a straight vertical section in the foot. Bodoni Bold Condensed has a rounded foot.

Re-edited:
I was comparing to the Bitstream version of Bauer Bodoni Bold Cond.
Almost no difference with the Linotype/Adobe version.
Earlier post:
Bauer Bodoni is closer, but I see some differences. Note for example the mid stroke on _a_.

http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Blanche/Madame-H

Re-edited:
I was comparing to the Bitstream version of Bauer Bodoni Bold Cond.
Almost no difference with the Linotype/Adobe version.
Earlier post:
Consider the _g_. Top story seems to have more depth than Bauer Bodoni and connection from ball of ear to top story is more curved.

http://www.gallimard.fr/Catalogue/GALLIMARD/Blanche/La-vraie-gloire-est-ici
Any other suggestions?

For the lower case, Journaux de voyage, the almost perfect match is the 12BauerBodoni**24033-Condensed, 1989 Adobe, very closely (photo finish) followed by, ex aequo, BauerBodoni LT Bold Condensed and Bauer Bodoni Std 2 Bold Condensed, both Linotype. Probably the same font with two names.



The upper case is beyond doubt also Bauer Bodoni. I have not found a perfect match but the 8BauerBodoni__09033-Black will do the job when condensed to some 87%.

I re-edited my earlier posts to consider Linotype/Adobe version of Bauer Bodoni Bold Cond. rather than the Bitstream version of Bauer Bodoni Bold Cond. and found almost no difference with the Linotype/Adobe version.
p.s. While re-editing my earlier posts I saw a new post from koeiekat which reached essentially the same conclusion.

Hi everyone,

thank you for all your answers ! If I buy a .PDF one day, I'll try see which font is embedded and I'll tell you here. I really like the design of those books. Thanks again and have a merry christmas.

The green goes to jerseygirl, first mention of Bauer Bodoni.

Agree