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Egyptienne is a serif typeface belonging to the classification slab serif, or Egyptian, where the serifs are unbracketed and similar in weight to the horizontal strokes of the letters. Egyptienne was designed in 1956 by Adrian Frutiger for the Deberny & Peignot Foundry and was the first new text face created for the process of phototypesetting.
The x-height is high, and some lowercase characters, especially a and e bear comparison with other Frutiger typefaces, especially Meridien and Serifa. Egyptienne shows historical influence of the Clarendon faces.
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Egyptienne or Egypt, which commemorated Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign, was a popular name for French vessels, including naval vessels and privateers. Between 1799 and 1804, warships of the Royal Navy captured one French frigate and five different French privateers all with the name Egyptienne, and at least one privateer with the name Egypte.
Egyptienne or Égyptienne may refer to:
- Egyptienne (typeface), a slab serif typeface designed in 1956 by Adrian Frutiger for Deberny & Peignot
- French frigate Égyptienne (1799), captured by the British during Napoleon's Egyptian campaign of 1801 and renamed HMS Egyptienne
- Egyptienne (ship), the name of various ships during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
- " L'Égyptienne", a world music song performed by Belgian singer Natacha Atlas and French group Les Négresses Vertes
- L'Égyptienne, a French language women's magazine published in Egypt from 1925 to 1940