What’s in a name? Feneon

The lines doubling back on themselves which characterize the design of Feneon help to explain the type’s name: they resemble neon signage. More subtly, the single-width back and forth lines also evoke works in wrought iron, thus the “Fe” at the beginning of the name—“Fe” is the chemical symbol for the element iron.

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Feneon's name also honors Félix Fénéon, a French art critic of a century ago. Fénéon promoted innovative painters who rethought how light and color could work a generation before neon signage was invented.

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