引言

衬线字体样本是从五大主要的维科斯类别中归纳出来的 Venetian、 Garalde、 Transitional、 Didone和SlabSerif。无衬线字体包括Grotesques、 Neo-Grotesques、 Geometric Sans Serifs和HumanistSans Serifs。

Maximilien Vox（马克西米利安・维科斯）

Maximilien Vox (real name: Samuel William Théodore Monod) was a French writer, cartoonist, illustrator, publisher, journalist, critic art theorist and historian of the French letter and typography.

He was born on 16 December 1894 in Condé-sur-Noireau in Calvados, where his father was a minister, and educated at the Corneille school in Rouen.

In 1914 he published his humorous cartoons in L'Humanité, Floréal and La Guerre Sociale and became editor of Le Mot, the review produced by Paul Iribe. Most of his cartoons were signed Sam Monod or Esmono. Monod adopted a number of aliases before settling on Maximilien Vox. After getting married he went to Paris to learn typography, and in 1926 was awarded the Prix Blumenthal, worth 20,000 Francs, for a series of 24 book covers.

During the Second World War he worked as a department head for the Ministry of Information, whilst at the same time continuing his editorial activities. In 1942 he founded The Union Bibliophile de France, which published artworks.

After the war he concentrated on typography and created in 1949 the professional magazine Characters, which he edited until 1964. He created the VOX-ATypI classification of type characters.

In 1952 he moved to Lurs to live in a house he called Monodière and founded the Rencontres internationales de Lure. He died there 18 December 1974 and buried in Lurs. He had married Eliane Poulain in 1917 and had five sons.

Maximilien Vox（真名：Samuel WilliamThéodoreMonod ）是法国作家，漫画家，插图画家，出版商，记者，评论家艺术理论家和法语字母和版式的历史学家。

他于1894年12月16日出生在卡尔瓦多斯的诺德瑙河畔康泰，他的父亲曾担任该部长的职务，并在鲁昂的Corneille学校接受教育。

1914年，他在L'Humanité，Floréal和La Guerre Sociale出版了他的幽默漫画，并成为Le Mot的编辑，这是Paul Iribe撰写的评论。他的大部分卡通作品都由Sam Monod或Esmono签名。在定居Maximilien Vox之前，Monod采取了多种别名。结婚后，他去巴黎学习印刷术，并于1926年被授予布卢门撒尔奖（Prix Blumenthal），价值20,000法郎，并获得了24套书籍的封面。

在第二次世界大战期间，他曾担任新闻部的部门主管，与此同时继续他的编辑活动。 1942年，他创立了法兰西联合书店，并出版了艺术品。

战后，他专注于排版，并于1949年创建了专业杂志Characters，并一直编辑到1964年。他创建了VOX-ATypI类型字符分类。

1952年，他移居卢斯（Lurs），住在他称为Monodière的房子里，并创立了国际性的卢尔（Rencontres de Lure）。他于1974年12月18日在那儿去世，葬于卢尔斯。他于1917年与Eliane Poulain结婚，育有五个儿子。