>>2490
oops, I totally forgot about this reply!! sorry anon </3
in the US, supermarket "french bread" is usually a fine-crumbed (few holes inside), lightly enriched bread. soft and with a thin, flaky crust. french lean bread (like what would be used for a baguette) is unenriched and chewy, with medium-size alveoli, and a thick, hard crust.
it's not that the former is inferior, they're just very different styles of bread, and excel at different things. I would say the "true" french bread probably makes for lousy french bread pizza. I think it'd be too chewy for what you want, and the uneven surface of the inside would make saucing and cheesing them harder.
that said, if you're interested in breadmaking, I think no-knead (assuming you have no mixing equipment) lean breads can be a pretty nice way to start!