Font Designer – Hector Guimard

French designer Hector Guimar (born 10. 3. 1867 in Lyon, died 20. 5. 1942 in New York) created the font Metropolitaines ca. 1905. This art deco style typeface is the one that had been used for the signage of the historic Paris metro stations.
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