Case Study: Le Figaro achieves centralized font compliance and streamlined user management with Extensis Universal Type Server

How to Improve Font Management

Le Figaro, founded in 1826 and France’s leading general daily (circulation ~300,000) with nearly 1,000 staff, faced mounting font-management problems as its DTP workflows expanded. The publisher needed centralized control over a vast font library, profile-based distribution and automated activation—capabilities their previous solution lacked, since anyone could add fonts and permissions couldn’t be enforced.

Working with Extensis and local representative Jean‑Michel Laurent, Le Figaro rolled out Universal Type Server department by department. The web-based server lets them control user access, distribute and group fonts by profile, and quickly add or remove assets, delivering consistent typography across productions, simplified user management, and measurable productivity gains.

Le Figaro

Tahar Sail

Deputy Publishing IT Manager