Le Jeune Deck

The French Modern of the nineteenth century, often

called Didot after the famous French printing dynasty
who popularized the style, is often the genre of
choice to communicate elegance and sophistication.
Le Jeune, designed by Paul Barnes and Christian
Schwartz for Vanity Fair in 2013, is a modern
adapation of the idiom.

PUBLISHED Le Jeune Deck is intended for small display typography such as

2016
subheads, pullquotes, and decks, between 18 and 40 point. While
DESIGNED BY many digital adaptations of the French Modern exist, few if any
PAUL BARNES & CHRISTIAN SCHWARTZ
STENCIL BY GREG GAZDOWICZ have explicitly referenced Molé Le Jeune’s italic, truly one of
the most distinct and beautiful variants of the italic produced
14 STYLES
7 WEIGHTS W/ ITALICS
during this era. Its idiosyncrasies have been preserved in this
contemporary interpretation: in addition to its uncommonly
FEATURES
PROPORTIONAL LINING FIGURES
steep angle, it features distinct letterforms such as the sharp
PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE FIGURES lowercase v and w.
FRACTIONS (PREBUILT AND ARBITRARY)
SUPERSCRIPT/SUBSCRIPT
SMALL CAPS (ROMAN AND ITALIC)

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Le Jeune Deck Light

Le Jeune Deck Light Italic
Le Jeune Deck Regular
Le Jeune Deck Regular Italic
Le Jeune Deck Medium
Le Jeune Deck Medium Italic
Le Jeune Deck Semibold
Le Jeune Deck Semibold Italic
Le Jeune Deck Bold
Le Jeune Deck Bold Italic
Le Jeune Deck Black
Le Jeune Deck Black Italic
Le Jeune Deck Stencil
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RECOMMENDED MINIMUM & MAXIMUM SIZES

TEXT, 8 – 18 PT The English East India Company was established in 1600 and granted a Royal Charter
by Queen Elizabeth. In their first four voyages in which they
fitted out for India, their central provinces were for
cotton, silk, and opium. In 1648 they banded
DECK, 18 – 40 PT
Even after several mishaps some by way of
The malice of the Dutch East India Co
And through other calamities they
CARRIED ON FOR DECADES

Successful trade
POSTER, 40 – 96 PT

Confirmed

Move
HAIRLINE, 100 PT+

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Nieuwe Rijks Aristocratie

BAĞLANMIŞ COĞRAFI
Mythological Anthologies
LE JEUNE DECK LIGHT, 40 PT

Din l-aħbar ħarġet wara

LE UNIONI FEDERALI
Awash in vestiges of time
LE JEUNE DECK LIGHT ITALIC, 40 PT

Obejmują modernizację
MOONS OF NEPTUNE
Large-scale negotiations
LE JEUNE DECK REGULAR, 40 PT [ALTERNATE g]

Enska landsliðið mætir

UNIVERSAL ŒUVRES
Vuelvo a Este Monrovia
LE JEUNE DECK REGULAR ITALIC, 40 PT

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Motivações econômicas
STYLE RESURGENCE
Illustrasjon på ordtaket
LE JEUNE DECK MEDIUM, 40 PT

Sistemele de Navigație
UNIQUE & PRECIOUS
Menschsein heißt Herz
LE JEUNE DECK MEDIUM ITALIC, 40 PT

Yhdistyneet provinssit
THE CLASSICAL ERA
Midsummer’s Morning
LE JEUNE DECK SEMIBOLD, 40 PT

Czech Theatre Review

SUS OBRAS DE ARTE
Elsődleges Problémát
LE JEUNE DECK SEMIBOLD ITALIC, 40 PT [ALTERNATE C g v w z]

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Cocoa at €11.7 per kilo

SKILLFUL CRAFTER
Oficiálního životopisu
LE JEUNE DECK BOLD, 40 PT [ALTERNATE K]

Ľavostranné Prítoky
ROUTES REVÊTUES
Held office 1986 – 2004
LE JEUNE DECK BOLD ITALIC, 40 PT [PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE FIGURES]

Værdikriger i Kultur
ZESDIMENSIONALE
Sâmbătă şi duminică
LE JEUNE DECK BLACK, 40 PT

Radiant visionaries
NEW SPRING LOOK
Població de 1.918.470
LE JEUNE DECK BLACK ITALIC, 40 PT [ARCHAIC OLDSTYLE FIGURES, ALTERNATE v 8]

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Lille Bælt og Østersøen

IBERIAN PENINSULA
Provincial Atmosphere
LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL, 40 PT

Nordwestlich von Metz

PREMIÈRE PÉRIODE
Expressionist Cultures
LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL ITALIC, 40 PT

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THE NEW £10 NOTE PRINTED IN 2018

Den græske madkultur har kun ændret sig
OBROČ SESTAVLJAJO PRAŠNI DELCI
Bevestiging van het principe van objecten
LE JEUNE DECK LIGHT, LIGHT ITALIC, 24 PT

LOOK AT THE EDGE OF THE EARTH

Tank für 890.764 Liter Raketentreibstoff
AFIN D’ÉCONOMISER DE L’ÉNERGIE
Un único examen de español para todo
LE JEUNE DECK REGULAR, REGULAR ITALIC, 24 PT [PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE FIGURES, ALTERNATE C]

WORSHIP AT THE ALTAR OF IDEAS

Mart sayısı ile yayın dünyasına veda etti
ITS UNIQUE ORBITAL RESONANCE
Awarded a Velvet Ribbon in late 2001
LE JEUNE DECK MEDIUM, MEDIUM ITALIC, 24 PT [ALTERNATE v w]

DOPO 170 ORE DAL LANCIO DELLA

Example of embargo & remonstration
DECIDEDLY ECCENTRIC STYLING
Multe aspecte ale civilizației grecești
LE JEUNE DECK SEMIBOLD, SEMIBOLD ITALIC, 24 PT [ALTERNATE g 1]

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COLLECTION DE L’HUMOUR NOIR

Die Existenz von der Welt außerhalb
AMBITIØSE SPILLEFILMSDEBUT
Ef tunglið er á þriðja kvartili þýðir
LE JEUNE DECK BOLD, BOLD ITALIC, 24 PT

MUŻIĊIST U KITTIEB NORVEĠIŻI

Rauhallinen helmikuu Helsingissä
MAIN SPECULATIVE CRITIQUES
His brilliant (but crazy) plan had
LE JEUNE DECK BLACK, BLACK ITALIC, 24 PT [THIN PARENTHESIS, ALTERNATE z]

AS TRADIÇÕES E ÉTICAS TAOISTAS

Born in Zürich, he went to generate the
THIRD CANONICAL COMMENTARY
Deliberate rejoining of kindling stave
LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL, STENCIL ITALIC, 24 PT [CUT ALTERNATE Ç a c f g j k r s v]

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ØSTBANEN ER EN DANSK 41 KM LANG JERNBANE

Truth as it consists with a ‘mind / reality’ correspondence
Central tenets of their wayward ideals finally gave way
LE JEUNE DECK LIGHT, LIGHT ITALIC, 18 PT

OTHERS TOOK ISSUE WITH LAUDAN’S THEORY

The estimated cost of the luna program was $1 billion
Yayın hayatına 2017 yılında başlayan Sarnıç Öykü
LE JEUNE DECK REGULAR, REGULAR ITALIC, 18 PT

COLTIVA LA SUA PASSIONE PER LA SCRITTURA

Theories relating to quantum mechanics in the 1910s
Cicero’s panoply of alternative views held a grand
LE JEUNE DECK MEDIUM, MEDIUM ITALIC, 18 PT [PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE FIGURES, ALTERNATE ITALIC C g v w]

FILOSOFIE NEDĚLÁ EXPERIMENTY A NEMĚŘÍ

The objective reality of the universal wavefunction
La población de la ciudad supera los 1 235 869 574
LE JEUNE DECK SEMIBOLD, SEMIBOLD ITALIC, 18 PT [PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE FIGURES]

SPAȚIU-TIMP ESTE LEGATĂ DIRECT DE MASA

Over 5 of the strangest hot sauces in all the world
Wara l-fondazzjoni leġġendarja minn Taljana
LE JEUNE DECK BOLD, BOLD ITALIC, 18 PT [ALTERNATE g z]

FURTHER ARGUMENTS SEEK TO POINT OUT

Per opozicijas, kurios kartojasi kas 12 359 metų
Sobre uma das instalações mais impactantes
LE JEUNE DECK BLACK, BLACK ITALIC, 18 PT [ARCHAIC OLDSTYLE FIGURES, ALTERNATE K k]

MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO HISTORIOGRAPHY

Suorakulmaisesta poikkeavat muodot voidaan sitoa
Seinen rigorosen Großprojekten ist ein totalitärer
LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL, STENCIL ITALIC, 18 PT

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Erkenntnisvermögen
LE JEUNE DECK LIGHT, 48 PT [ALTERNATE k]

Geheugenvervalsing
LE JEUNE DECK REGULAR, 48 PT [ALTERNATE g]

Anthropomorphize
LE JEUNE DECK MEDIUM, 48 PT

Presuppositionally
LE JEUNE DECK SEMIBOLD, 48 PT

Erdőgazdálkodási
LE JEUNE DECK BOLD, 48 PT

Corespunzătoare
LE JEUNE DECK BLACK, 48 PT

Kulmamäärityksen
LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL, 48 PT

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Stjörnufræðingarnir
LE JEUNE DECK LIGHT ITALIC, 48 PT

Vraisemblablement
LE JEUNE DECK REGULAR ITALIC, 48 PT

Einschlußkomplex
LE JEUNE DECK MEDIUM ITALIC, 48 PT

Counterargument
LE JEUNE DECK SEMIBOLD ITALIC, 48 PT [ALTERNATE g]

Johtopäätöksestä
LE JEUNE DECK BOLD ITALIC, 48 PT

Retrocognitively
LE JEUNE DECK BLACK ITALIC, 48 PT

Intellectualization
LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL ITALIC, 48 PT

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UPPERCASE

LOWERCASE

SMALL CAPS

STANDARD PUNCTUATION

ALL CAP PUNCTUATION

SMALL CAP PUNCTUATION

LIGATURES

PROPORTIONAL LINING
default figures

PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE

PROPORTIONAL SMALL CAP

PREBUILT FRACTIONS

NUMERATORS &
DENOMINATORS

SUPERSCRIPT &
SUBSCRIPT

STYLISTIC ALTERNATES

ACCENTED UPPERCASE

ACCENTED LOWER CASE

ACCENTED SMALL CAPS

NOTE: LE JEUNE TEXT SUBSTITUTED HERE IN PLACE OF LE JEUNE DECK, WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AT THIS SIZE. CHARACTER SET IS IDENTICAL.

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UPPERCASE

LOWERCASE

SMALL CAPS

STANDARD PUNCTUATION

ALL CAP PUNCTUATION

SMALL CAP PUNCTUATION

LIGATURES

PROPORTIONAL LINING
default figures

PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE

PROPORTIONAL SMALL CAP

PREBUILT FRACTIONS

NUMERATORS &
DENOMINATORS

SUPERSCRIPT &
SUBSCRIPT

STYLISTIC ALTERNATES

ACCENTED UPPERCASE

ACCENTED LOWER CASE

ACCENTED SMALL CAPS

NOTE: LE JEUNE TEXT SUBSTITUTED HERE IN PLACE OF LE JEUNE DECK, WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AT THIS SIZE. CHARACTER SET IS IDENTICAL.

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UPPERCASE

LOWERCASE

SMALL CAPS

STANDARD PUNCTUATION

ALL CAP PUNCTUATION

SMALL CAP PUNCTUATION

LIGATURES

PROPORTIONAL LINING
default figures

PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE

PROPORTIONAL SMALL CAP

PREBUILT FRACTIONS

NUMERATORS &
DENOMINATORS

SUPERSCRIPT &
SUBSCRIPT

STYLISTIC ALTERNATES

"CUT" STENCIL ALTERNATES

ACCENTED UPPERCASE

ACCENTED LOWER CASE

ACCENTED SMALL CAPS

NOTE: LE JEUNE TEXT STENCIL SUBSTITUTED HERE IN PLACE OF LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL, WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AT THIS SIZE. CHARACTER SET IS IDENTICAL.

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UPPERCASE

LOWERCASE

SMALL CAPS

STANDARD PUNCTUATION

ALL CAP PUNCTUATION

SMALL CAP PUNCTUATION

LIGATURES

PROPORTIONAL LINING
default figures

PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE

PROPORTIONAL SMALL CAP

PREBUILT FRACTIONS

NUMERATORS &
DENOMINATORS

SUPERSCRIPT &
SUBSCRIPT

STYLISTIC ALTERNATES

"CUT" STENCIL ALTERNATES

ACCENTED UPPERCASE

ACCENTED LOWER CASE

ACCENTED SMALL CAPS

NOTE: LE JEUNE TEXT STENCIL SUBSTITUTED HERE IN PLACE OF LE JEUNE DECK STENCIL, WHICH IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE AT THIS SIZE. CHARACTER SET IS IDENTICAL.

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OPENTYPE FEATURES DEACTIVATED ACTIVATED

FAMILY WIDE

ALL CAPS
opens up spacing, moves
punctuation up
1 Gal. [3.78 L] @ £20 1 GAL. [3.78 L] @ £20
SMALL CAPS
1 Gal. [3.78 L] @ £20 1 Gal. [3.78 L] @ £20
ALL SMALL CAPS
includes punctuation & figures 1 Gal. [3.78 L] @ £20 1 Gal. [3.78 L] @ £20
PROPORTIONAL LINING
default figures May: $3,460 €1,895 May: $3,460 €1,895
June: ¥7,031 £7,215 June: ¥7,031 £7,215
PROPORTIONAL OLDSTYLE
May: $3,460 €1,895 May: $3,460 €1,895
June: ¥7,031 £7,215 June: ¥7,031 £7,215
PROPORTIONAL SMALL CAP
May: $3,460 €1,895 May: $3,460 €1,895
June: ¥7,031 £7,215 June: ¥7,031 £7,215
ARBITRARY FRACTIONS
ignores numeric date format 21/06/15 & 2 8/11 6/92 21/06/15 & 2 8/11 6/92
SUPERSCRIPT/SUPERIOR
x78 + y13 × z54 − a426 x78 + y13 × z54 − a426
SUBSCRIPT/INFERIOR
x78 + y13 × z54 − a426 x78 + y13 × z54 − a426
LANGUAGE FEATURE
Română ş accent ÎNSUŞI faimoşi ştiri ÎNSUŞI faimoşi ştiri
LANGUAGE FEATURE
Nederlands IJ glyph VRIJDAG rijk zijds VRIJDAG rijk zijds
LANGUAGE FEATURE
Deutsche, Suomi, Svenska
low i j dot
Römisch höjd börjar Römisch höjd börjar

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OPENTYPE FEATURES DEACTIVATED ACTIVATED

ROMAN & ITALIC

STYLISTIC SET 04
thin parenthesis, braces,
and brackets
[License: €5 (£4) {$6}] [License: €5 (£4) {$6}]
STYLISTIC SET 05
alternate oldstyle 3 5 In 1853 it was decreed In 1853 it was decreed
STYLISTIC SET 06
archaic oldstyle figures Worth £12,657,348.09 Worth £12,657,348.09
STYLISTIC SET 07
alternate oldstyle 8 Only until 13,800 bce Only until 13,800 bce
STYLISTIC SET 12
cut terminals (stencil only) JUST configure after JUST configure after
JOY for 3 5/9 icy crux JOY for 3 5/9 icy crux
OPENTYPE FEATURES DEACTIVATED ACTIVATED
ROMAN

STYLISTIC SET 01
alternate K k KINGS risk backers KINGS risk backers
STYLISTIC SET 02
alternate g Top rankings pegged Top rankings pegged
STYLISTIC SET 03
alternate lining 1 Buyout of $12 million Buyout of $12 million
STYLISTIC ALTERNATES
Illustrator/Photoshop (Selling) [1] {$14675.03} (Selling) [1] {$14675.03}

OPENTYPE FEATURES DEACTIVATED ACTIVATED

ITALIC

STYLISTIC SET 01
alternate K RANK quick Kneels RANK quick Kneels
STYLISTIC SET 02
alternate g k Staggering cloaking Staggering cloaking
STYLISTIC SET 08
alternate v w (straight serif) Everyone’s own view Everyone’s own view
STYLISTIC SET 08
alternate v w (curved serif) Allows simple travel Allows simple travel
STYLISTIC SET 09
alternate z Styles frozen in time Styles frozen in time
STYLISTIC SET 11
alternate C CLOCK picks Crops CLOCK picks Crops
STYLISTIC ALTERNATES
Illustrator/Photoshop [Fig. (v) {1305.47} cwt] [Fig. (v) {1305.47} cwt]

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STYLES INCLUDED IN COMPLETE FAMILY ABOUT THE DESIGNERS

Le Jeune Deck Light Paul Barnes (born 1970) is a graphic designer special-
Le Jeune Deck Light Italic izing in the fields of lettering, typography, type design, and
Le Jeune Deck Regular publication design. In the early 1990s he worked for Roger
Le Jeune Deck Regular Italic Black in New York where he was involved in redesigns of
Le Jeune Deck Medium Newsweek, US and British Esquire and Foreign Affairs.
Le Jeune Deck Medium Italic During this time he art directed Esquire Gentleman and
Le Jeune Deck Semibold U&lc. He later returned to America to be art director of the
Le Jeune Deck Semibold Italic music magazine Spin. Since 1995 he has lived and worked
Le Jeune Deck Bold in London. He has formed a long term collaboration with
Le Jeune Deck Bold Italic Peter Saville, which has resulted in such diverse work as
Le Jeune Deck Black identities for Givenchy, ‘Original Modern’ for Manchester
Le Jeune Deck Black Italic and numerous music based projects. Independently he
Le Jeune Deck Stencil has created identities for luxury Italian shoe manufacturer
Le Jeune Deck Stencil Italic Gianvito Rossi, and German publisher Schirmer Graf.
Barnes has also been an advisor and consultant on
numerous publications, notably The Sunday Times
Magazine, The Guardian and The Observer Newspapers,
SUPPORTED LANGUAGES
GQ, Wallpaper*, Harper’s Bazaar and frieze. Following the
redesign of The Guardian, as part of the team headed by
Afrikaans, Albanian, Asturian, Basque, Breton, Bosnian,
Mark Porter, Barnes was awarded the Black Pencil from the
Catalan, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
D&AD. They were also nominated for the Design Museum
Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, French, Galician,
‘Designer of the Year’. In September 2006, with Schwartz he
German, Greenlandic, Guarani, Hawaiian, Hungarian,
was named one of the 40 most influential designers under
Ibo, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Gaelic, Italian, Kurdish,
40 in Wallpaper*. A year later The Guardian named him
Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Livonian, Malagasy, Maltese,
as one of the 50 best designers in Britain.
Maori, Moldavian, Norwegian, Occitan, Polish, Portuguese,
Romanian, Romansch, Saami, Samoan, Scots, Scottish
Christian Schwartz (born 1977) is a partner, along with
Gaelic, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish
Paul Barnes, in Commercial Type, a foundry based in New
(Castillian), Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Turkish, Walloon,
York and London. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University,
Welsh, Wolof
Schwartz worked at MetaDesign Berlin and Font Bureau
prior to spending several years working on his own before
forming Schwartzco Inc. in 2006 and Commercial Type in
CONTACT 2008. Schwartz has published fonts with many respected
independent foundries, and has designed proprietary
Commercial Type typefaces for corporations and publications worldwide.
110 Lafayette Street, #203 Schwartz’s typefaces have been honored by the
New York, New York 10013 Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum,
the New York Type Directors Club, and the International
office 212 604-0955 Society of Typographic Designers, and his work with
fax 212 925-2701 Barnes has been honored by D&AD. As part of the team
www.commercialtype.com that redesigned The Guardian, they were shortlisted for
the Designer of the Year prize by the Design Museum in
London.

COPYRIGHT Greg Gazdowicz (born 1988), studied graphic design at

the Maryland Institute College of Art, where he also found
© 2016 Commercial Type. his deep passion for type design and cycling. He worked as a
All rights reserved. graphic designer at a number of branding studios, start-ups,
Commercial® is a registered trademark & Le Jeune™ is a and non-profits before going on to study typeface design
trademark of Schwartzco Inc., dba Commercial Type. at Type@Cooper in New York City. Greg began working
with Commercial Type in early 2014, and has been a staff
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