Civilité type (French: Caractères de civilité) is a typeface introduced in 1557 by the French punchcutter Robert Granjon. These characters imitate French...

generally called "Civilité". It was based on contemporary French handwriting. The first book he published using it was Dialogue de la vie et de la mort by Ringhieri...

Salon. Le Salon de 1872 dépeint et dessiné par Bertall (1872) La Comédie de notre temps : études au crayon et à la plume. I. La civilité, les habitudes...

the nineteenth century, Jannon's matrices had come to be known as the Caractères de l'Université (Characters of the University). It has sometimes been claimed...

because of his Civilité types, imitating French gothic cursive calligraphy. His main contribution was an italic type known as "Parangon de Granjon". Italic...