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Jacques François Rosart

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Portrait by Cornelis van Noorde

Jacques François Rosart (1714, Namur – 26 May 1777) was a punchcutter, engraver and founder of metal type from modern Belgium.[1]

Rosart operated a successful type foundry in Brussels after arriving in the city in 1759, and before that worked in Haarlem.[2] His typefaces were in the "transitional" style, and he also made script typefaces, which he called a Financière style, music typefaces and shadowed capitals.[3][2]

Digital typefaces based on Rosart's work have been published.[4][5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ Lane 2004, pp. 105–6.
  2. ^ a b Lane 2004, p. 106.
  3. ^ Middendorp 2004, pp. 28–29.
  4. ^ "Rosart". Camelot Typefaces. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  5. ^ Heck, Bethany (26 February 2018). "Rosart — Designed by Katharina Köhler". Font Review Journal. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  6. ^ "The Rosart Project". Dutch Type Library/Revolver Type. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ Sowersby, Kris. "Epicene design information". Klim Type Foundry. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

Cited literature

  • Carter, Harry (1975). "Reviews: The type specimen of Jacques-François Rosart". The Library. s5-XXX (2): 137–139. doi:10.1093/library/s5-XXX.2.137.
  • Enschedé, Johannes (1993). Lane, John A. (ed.). The Enschedé type specimens of 1768 and 1773: a facsimile ([Nachdr. d. Ausg.] 1768. ed.). Stichting Museum Enschedé, the Enschedé Font Foundry, Uitgeverij De Buitenkant. pp. 29–30 etc. ISBN 9070386585.
  • Lane, John A. (2004). Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum: annotated descriptions of the specimens to ca. 1850 (mostly from the Low Countries and France) with preliminary notes on the typefoundries and printing offices (1. ed.). New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press. pp. 105–112. ISBN 9781584561392.
  • Middendorp, Jan (2004). Dutch Type. 010 Publishers. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-90-6450-460-0.
  • Rosart, Jacques François (1973). Baudin, Fernand; Hoeflake, Netty (eds.). The type specimen of Jacques-François Rosart, Brussels, 1768 : a facsimile. Amsterdam: Van Gendt. ISBN 9789063000103.

Rosart's type specimens:


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