History of France

and thin serifs give Didot is timeless look, a look that has survived the ages. The typeface is utterly timeless and elegant, its look having survived through the centuries. The typeface Didot has a very interesting history. It is a font whose roots lead back to eighteenth century France. Didot is a group of typefaces named after the acclaimed French printing Didot family. They were printers, distributers, typeface planners, and innovators. Around 1800, the family owned the most essential print…

France is one of the few countries of the world which still has its different departments that are spread across the world. French Polynesia is one of such French colonial regions. It is present in the Tahitian region and lies in the south of the Pacific Ocean. It is termed as an overseas country in French and consists of 118 separate islands. French Polynesia is quite spread out and its outlying islands are separated by a distance of over two thousand kilometers. The total are of the region is…

Anyone who owns a camera phone can take Instagram-worthy pictures of all the famous monuments. My favorite memories of France are the spontaneous, “we don’t know where we’re going, but we’re gonna go” ones. Like when, after stuffing ourselves with cheese and bread that somehow qualified as dinner, my friends and I unearthed a secret staircase to an elevated walkway leading…

The sport of curling Specific Purpose: To inform about the rich history of Curling and the basic rules of the sport. Thesis Statement: Curling is a sport that originated in Scotland in the 1500s and is often overlooked despite being an Olympic level sport for almost a hundred years. Introduction: Attention Gaining Device: Curling is often equated with applying a hot ceramic barrel to your hair, but it is also the name a winter sport played at the Olympics every four years. Credibility: I have…

colorful fairytale city. Lastly, I have decided to explore everything that Provence has to give. It is considered to be one of the favorite destinations within France among American tourists. This is due to the coastline and beaches of the Mediterranean, it’s lavender fields, and its love for diversity. Provence is located in the southeast of France on the Mediterranean Sea. It is bounded to the Maritime and Foot Alps to the North, the Mediterranean Sea to the South and Italy to the East. It is…

Although Rousseau did not stay long, having begun an apprenticeship at the early age of thirteen. By the age of sixteen young Rousseau was already on his way to France, where he would begin his journey as the famous philosopher, composer, educationalist, and writer. Rousseau’s importance to France knows no bounds for without him, France might have never had the Enlightenment Era. Being born in Switzerland seemed to have a lasting effect on Rousseau, both good and bad effects. One of the good…

In Europe and United States this threat has been there since the beginning of 1980s. In Countries like Germany and France immigration has been featured highly on counter – terrorism agenda. Their government has highly tightened their immigration policies by linking them with terrorist activities. In countries like United States immigration policy became one of the strategies…

Background Florence Nightingale was born at the Villa La Colombaia in Florence, Italy on the 12th of May 1820. She was born two years after her one and only sister, Frances Parthenope. Both Florence Nightingale and Frances Parthenope was named after a place they were born in, one being Florence, Italy and the latter “Parthe” after Parthenopolis which once was a Greek settlement, now part of Naples, Italy. Florence Nightingale was born into a British family that belonged to the upper-middle-class…

Introduction They say as society change, thus does art. "As early as the 1750's, the philosophes had begun to challenge the art and society of France" (From The Trivial to the True: The French Revolution & Painting. (n.d.)) The French revolution was slowing accumulating, as "the economic and political inequities of the ancien regime, accompanied by a general opposition to the status quo; objection to the absolute power of the French monarchy, acerbated by the shortcomings of Louis XV and XVI…

The city and capital of France is Paris (Ehrlich, 1). Paris is well known to be called the “City of Lights.” Paris has been one of the world's most significant and beautiful city for quite a long time. Numerous travelers come to Paris to see the lights illuminate during the evening. The Eiffel Tower lights up at night and beautiful light shimmers the famous landmark. Moulin Rouge is also place that lights up during the evening and it is a popular place that draws in numerous tourists around the…