If you love old typefaces and new fonts, you’ll be interested in this wide-ranging interview with French type designer Jean François Porchez. He’s the man behind the fonts at Louis Vuitton, the Paris Metro, Le Monde, France Telecom and other French institutions. Porchez also designed the covers and typography of Larousse’s series of grands dictionnaires.

Visit Le Typographe, the blog Porchez founded, which focuses on French typography and type design.