The Montariol is a typeface of titling, sans-serif, geometric and quite black, whose style of letters comes from the artistic movement of Art Deco. Its design, inspired by a sculpted sign in Toulouse (France), is particularly marked by its triangular ‘A’, its staircase ‘E’ and finally its dynamic wave-shaped ‘S’. Its black weight it a certain strength, and gives weight to the titles. The composition of the words is punctuated by the contrasting proportions and the singularity of some of its letters.
Sign appearing on a building south of Toulouse train station, personal photograph, 2019.