Haarlemmer
Credits
- Designer(s)
- Jan van Krimpen, Frank E. Blokland
- Foundry(ies)
- Linotype
- Release Year
- 1938
- Country of Origin
- Netherlands
- Classification
- Serif, Old Style, Dutch Old Style
- Original Format
- Metal (Foundry)
- Distributor(s)
- DTL
- Tags
- bible type, big eye, large x-height, small text
Background
This is a Bible type – which is to say, a plain face with large x-height – designed for Monotype to fulfill a private commission. It was translated to digital form and issued by Dutch Type Library in 1996. Frank E. Blokland designed an unserifed companion face.
Background Source
- The Elements of Typographic style, by Robert Bringhurst
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