Paris One Forty: Week Ten

Contrary to what native English-speakers might think, Mr. Jean is not asking for email. Email means enamel in French. pic.twitter.com/3Yyf40ZJka

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 21, 2014

Exquisite Art Deco numbers, a cross between sculpture and ballet, remind us why typography is so powerfully redolent. pic.twitter.com/5lwNElPWHI

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 22, 2014

A popular watering hole in the 11th, l’eau peine translates as barely water. But say it quickly and it’s an open bar. pic.twitter.com/XAET97IBLK

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 23, 2014

Architect signatures on buildings are common in Paris — elegant typography and odd abbreviations emblazoned in stone. pic.twitter.com/EYAQYAM57y

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 24, 2014

Did the architect match his signature to the architecture, or the other way round? The railings echo the serifs here. pic.twitter.com/PD0hbvWLoM

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 25, 2014

Paris in 1900 was still a world of fin-de-siècle splendor. But this didn’t stop one architect from a modern signoff. pic.twitter.com/yXewKoKDrn

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 26, 2014

Gauthier used an uppercase V where the U might have gone, and oddly, too, a lowercase i. Living dangerously, in 1891! pic.twitter.com/saz7MzV3qn

— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 27, 2014