Culture Vivante

Published February 15, 2025
Contributed by Michel Hardy-Vallée


Photo: Michel Hardy-Vallée. License: All Rights Reserved.

No. 1 from 1966 uses Venus Light Extended for secondary text.







Culture Vivante was a cultural periodical published by the Ministère des Affaires Culturelles of the provincial government of Québec from 1966 to 1973. It attempted to give a panorama of cultural life in Québec across all disciplines and report on the activities of the Ministère. As the only officially French-speaking government in North America, the province has directly involved itself in culture, in the manner of France. Culture Vivante was a prestige publication that unfortunately suffered from a limited distribution, and was criticized for being too fancy for a government publication.

The all-lowercase logo uses Craw Modern.




Photo: Michel Hardy-Vallée. License: All Rights Reserved.

On the cover of no. 11 from December 1968, the small print is in Univers.




Photo: Michel Hardy-Vallée. License: All Rights Reserved.

By the time no. 27 came out, in December 1972, Univers had been replaced by Helvetica.



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