Éric de Berranger learned his passion for drawing letters from Jean-François Porchez, his professor of typography. Both talented and prolific, de Berranger has created everything from classic text faces to cutting-edge display designs.
He created the following fonts: ITC Berranger Hand™, Koala™ (2003), Maxime™ (1999), Mosquito™ (2002), Mosquito™ Formal (2003), ITC Octone™ Formal (1999) and ITC Oldbook™ Formal (2003).
Mosquito Formal, by Éric de Berranger, takes the original jaunty design of Mosquito and dresses it in a tuxedo. The stressed character strokes, simple, straightforward shapes, relatively large x-height, open counters and hint of Peignot are still there, but the cursive strokes and lively terminals have been replaced with traditional designs. The result is a more serious-and more sophisticated typeface. "The idea," says Éric de Berranger, "was to assuage the drawing of Mosquito. To 'calm' it; and eliminate its idiosyncrasies while preserving character structure and general appearance."
Although still distinctive, as Éric de Berranger puts it, "Mosquito Formal is more to be read than seen, it is more invisible and thus, more readable than my earlier design." He does, however, use both typefaces in his graphic desi
