Private company
Fonderie Olive
French type foundry
The Fonderie Olive, in English, Olive Foundry, was a small but high-profile type foundry located in Marseille, France. It is best known for the work of the typeface designer Roger Excoffon, hired by the foundry’s last director, Marcel Olive. In 1978 the foundry was acquired by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company which transferred photocomposition rights for all faces to Haas.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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The Fonderie Olive, in English, Olive Foundry, was a small but high-profile type foundry located in Marseille, France. It is best known for the work of the typeface designer Roger Excoffon, hired by the foundry’s last director, Marcel Olive. In 1978 the foundry was acquired by the Mergenthaler Linotype Company which transferred photocomposition rights for all faces to Haas.2
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- WikipediaFonderie Olive
- WikidataQ3075745
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- 1WikidataFonderie Olive on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaFonderie Olive on Wikipedia