Available again: Dutch Type
The “bible” of Dutch typography now as a reprint
Published in March, 2004, Dutch Type was sold out about four years later. Only in the end of 2018 the reprint was published thanks to the help of many backers via a kickstarter campaign: In Dutch Type, Jan Middendorp presents a comprehensive overview of type design and lettering in the Netherlands, tracing its origins through type designers and lettering artists from the 15th to the 20th centuries.
Partly based on interviews, the book also offers insight into the motives and methods of the first generations of digital type designers, featuring published and unpublished typefaces as well as sketches, studies, and samples of lettering work. While the quest for quality and innovation has remained constant, it makes clear that the advent of desktop type has opened up the discipline to a more spontaneous, inventive, and democratic approach.
This is a must-have for all type afficionados!
Author: Jan Middendorp
Publisher: Druk Editions
Design: Bart de Haas and Peter Verheul.
Editorial assistance and index: Catherine Dal
Reprint: Files revived by Ramiro Espinoza & Paula Mastrangelo
Volume: 320 pages
Binding: Hardcover
Format: 23 x 28 cm
Language: English
Print: Die Keure in Bruges, Belgium
ISBN: 9783982003702
Price: €62.50
You can buy the book here.
