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Dutch Type Library

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DTL founder Frank E. Blokland speaking in 2014

Dutch Type Library is a digital font foundry based in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, established in 1990 by Frank E. Blokland.[1][2] DTL designs digital fonts and develops font software.[3][4][5] Alongside original designs such as the Documenta and Caspari families, DTL has published work inspired by the work of Dutch type designers of the past, including revivals of the work of Hendrik van den Keere, Christoffel van Dijck, Joan Michaël Fleischman, Jacques François Rosart and Jan van Krimpen.[2] Blokland received a doctorate on the spacing and proportions of early metal type from Leiden University in 2016.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Middendorp, Jan (2004). Dutch Type. 010 Publishers. pp. 195–202. ISBN 978-90-6450-460-0.
  2. ^ a b Bringhurst, Robert (2004). The Elements of Typographic Style (3rd ed.). Hartley & Marks. ISBN 0-88179-205-5.
  3. ^ Berry, John (21 April 2003). "Wading into the Dutch Type Library". Creative Pro. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  4. ^ Philip B. Meggs; Alston W. Purvis (14 April 2016). Meggs' History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons. p. 587. ISBN 978-1-119-13620-0.
  5. ^ Haralambous, Yannis (26 September 2007). Fonts & Encodings. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p. 442. ISBN 978-0-596-10242-5.
  6. ^ Blokland, F. E. "On the origin of patterning in movable Latin type: Renaissance standardisation, systematisation, and unitisation of textura and roman type". Leiden University. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  7. ^ Blokland, F. E. "On the Origin of Patterning in Movable Latin Type (blog)". Dutch Type Library. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
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