Sancy
2 families, each with 14 styles & 7 weights
From Thin to ExtraBold, with italics
2 families, each with 14 styles & 7 weights
From Thin to ExtraBold, with italics
About Sancy
Sancy is a typeface collection by Emmanuel Besse designed in 2 versions, a Sans and a Slab. Each variant comes in 14 styles, 7 weights with matching italics. The initial idea of a Sans/Slab combination and the narrow proportions comes from a wooden panel located in the small town of Besse (same name as the designer, adding to this release a personal touch). Sancy Sans is a narrow grotesque with a certain roundness and a homogeneous text colour. Sancy Slab, also with semi-condensed proportions, feels elegant in thinner weights, reliable and friendly in darker styles. Both feature low contrast, as in stretched type from street signs.
Working from a specific source with a limited number of letters, the need was felt to expand to other material, and thus to include two additional reference categories: published typefaces from specimens ranging from the late 19th century to the 1970s, and more recent existing design pieces, both professional and unsigned, that use and modify type. For the Slab, inspiration came from Antique No. 1 by Miller & Richard (1921), Égyptiennes by Peignot & Cie (1923), Ionic No. 150 (American Type Founders, 1897), and various Clarendon Condensed from the same era. The Sans leans towards more diverse sources: early semi-condensed sans-serif (French Antiques from Deberny & Peignot, or grotesques by Miller & Richard) meet ‘90s digital versions of narrowed Helvetica and Arial, as well as stretched names on lightboxes on the façades of the Asian restaurants of Paris.
Photography © Julie Hrnčířová
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DesignerEmmanuel Besse
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TeamHugues Gentile
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Spacing & kerningIgino Marini
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Release2025
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Single weightFrom 60,00 €
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FamilyFrom 420,00 €
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Sancy AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz0123456789:;!?
Sancy Slab AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz0123456789:;!?
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