Didot家族作为设计师在18世纪和19世纪活跃了大约100年的时间。他们世代都是印刷商、出版商、字体设计师、发明家以及知识分子。大约1800年，Didot家族拥有法国最重要的印刷厂和字体厂。印刷商Pierre Didot出版了一份文件，上面的字体是他的哥哥、字体设计师Firmin Didot设计的。这种鲜明的字母形式表现出客观、理性的特点，是启蒙运动时的哲学和时代的代表。Adrian Frutiger设计的Didot是对法国现代风格字体Didot进行的细腻的诠释。该设计的另一个典型字体是Henriade，它是1818年Didot原始版本的历史性印刷。字体Didot给文本一种经典和优雅的感觉。

The Didot family were active as designers for about 100 years in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were printers, publishers, typeface designers, inventors and intellectuals. Around 1800 the Didot family owned the most important print shop and font foundry in France. Pierre Didot, the printer, published a document with the typefaces of his brother, Firmin Didot, the typeface designer. The strong clear forms of this alphabet display objective, rational characteristics and are representative of the time and philosophy of the Enlightenment. Adrian Frutiger’s Didot is a sensitive interpretation of the French Modern Face Didot. Another model for this design is the Henriade, an historical printing of the original Didot from 1818. The font Didot gives text a classic and elegant feel.