Born from the playful geometry of 1970s phototype, Andys revives the spirit of Arc en Ciel for a new era of color and rhythm. Designed in the early 1970s by French illustrator and designer Andy Song (André Chante) for Hollenstein Phototypo in Paris, Arc en Ciel was a lowercase-only typeface mostly used in the vibrant world of vinyl sleeves and poster art. It embodied the optimism and visual rhythm of its era: colorful and unapologetically graphic.
Revisited more than fifty years later, Andys expands Song’s original design into a complete display system. The family introduces multiple cuts conceived to echo the interplay of lines, colors, and motion that defined the phototype age. Its modular construction and rhythmic layering allow for playful compositions that recall the visual energy of 1970s graphic design.
Beyond nostalgia, Andys translates the spirit of Studio Hollenstein’s experimental typography into a flexible tool for contemporary use. Both expressive and structured, it bridges eras and techniques, a dialogue between analog exuberance and digital precision. A tribute to the joy of form and color.
TYPE INFORMATION
Designer: EDITO (Alan Madić), 2024–2025
Release Year: 2025
Styles: 5 styles
Formats: OTF, TTF, WOFF, WOFF2
OPENTYPE FEATURES
Access All Alternates
Discretionary Ligatures
Localized Forms
Stylistic Set 1 – Alternate L
Supported Languages
Abenaki, Afaan Oromo, Afar, Afrikaans, Albanian, Alsatian, Amis, Anuta, Aragonese, Aranese, Aromanian, Arrernte, Arvanitic, Asturian, Aymara, Bashkir, Basque, Bikol, Bislama, Bosnian, Breton, Cape Verdean, Catalan, Cebuano, Chamorro, Chavacano, Chickasaw, Cimbrian, Cofan, Corsican, Creek, Crimean Tatar, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dawan, Delaware, Dholuo, Drehu, Dutch, English, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Folkspraak, French, Frisian, Friulian, Gagauz, Galician, Genoese, German, Gooniyandi, Greenlandic, Guadeloupean, Gwichin, Haitian Creole, Han, Hawaiian, Hiligaynon, Hopi, Hotcak, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ido, Ilocano, Indonesian, Interglossa, Interlingua, Irish, Istroromanian, Italian, Jamaican, Javanese, Jerriais, Kaingang, Kala Lagaw Ya, Kapampangan, Kaqchikel, Karakalpak, Karelian, Kashubian, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kiribati, Kirundi, Klingon, Kurdish, Ladin, Latin, Latino Sine, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lojban, Lombard, Low Saxon, Luxembourgish, Makhuwa, Malay, Maltese, Manx, Maori, Marquesan, Meglenoromanian, Meriam Mir, Mirandese, Mohawk, Moldovan, Montagnais, Montenegrin, Murrinhpatha, Nagamese Creole, Ndebele, Neapolitan, Ngiyambaa, Niuean, Noongar, Norwegian, Novial, Occidental, Occitan, Oshiwambo, Ossetian, Palauan, Papiamento, Piedmontese, Polish, Portuguese, Potawatomi, Qeqchi, Quechua, Rarotongan, Romanian, Romansh, Rotokas, Sami Lule, Sami Southern, Samoan, Sango, Saramaccan, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Serbian, Seri, Seychellois, Shawnee, Shona, Sicilian, Silesian, Slovak, Slovenian, Slovio, Somali, Sorbian Lower, Sorbian Upper, Sotho Northern, Sotho Southern, Spanish, Sranan, Sundanese, Swahili, Swazi, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tetum, Tok Pisin, Tokelauan, Tongan, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswana, Tumbuka, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvaluan, Tzotzil, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Venetian, Vepsian, Volapuk, Voro, Wallisian, Walloon, Waraywaray, Warlpiri, Wayuu, Welsh, Wikmungkan, Wiradjuri, Xavante, Xhosa, Yapese, Yindjibarndi, Zapotec, Zulu, Zuni.
Born from the playful geometry of 1970s phototype, Andys revives the spirit of Arc en Ciel for a new era of color and rhythm. Designed in the early 1970s by French illustrator and designer Andy Song (André Chante) for Hollenstein Phototypo in Paris, Arc en Ciel was a lowercase-only typeface mostly used in the vibrant world of vinyl sleeves and poster art. It embodied the optimism and visual rhythm of its era: colorful and unapologetically graphic.
Revisited more than fifty years later, Andys expands Song’s original design into a complete display system. The family introduces multiple cuts conceived to echo the interplay of lines, colors, and motion that defined the phototype age. Its modular construction and rhythmic layering allow for playful compositions that recall the visual energy of 1970s graphic design.
Beyond nostalgia, Andys translates the spirit of Studio Hollenstein’s experimental typography into a flexible tool for contemporary use. Both expressive and structured, it bridges eras and techniques, a dialogue between analog exuberance and digital precision. A tribute to the joy of form and color.
