Janson
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| Typeface | Janson |
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| Category | Serif |
| Designer(s) | Chauncey H. Griffith |
| Foundry | Linotype |
| Design based on | Nicholas Kis' roman of 1685 |
Janson is the name given to an old style serif typeface named for Dutch punch-cutter and printer Anton Janson. Research in the 1970s and early 1980s conclude that the typeface is the work of a Hungarian punch-cutter named Miklós (Nicholas) Kis. Kis traveled to Amsterdam in 1680 to apprentice under Dirk Voskens. Kis cut several typeface while working under Voskens, producing a roman text face in c. 1685 that present day Janson is based upon. Kis also cut Greek and Hebrew typefaces, both for use in printing polyglot bibles. Janson shows strong influence of the Dutch Baroque typefaces.
A revival of the face was designed in 1937 by Chanuncey H. Griffith of the Linotype foundry.
[edit] References
- Carter, Rob, Day, Ben, Meggs,Philip. Typographic Design: Form and Communication, Second Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold, Inc: 1993 ISBN 0-442-00759-0.
- Updike, Daniel Berkeley. Printing Types Their History, Forms and Use. Dover Publications, Inc: 1937, 1980. ISBN 0-486-23929-2.
