Horst Heiderhoff on Linotype's Janson Text

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Horst Heiderhoff on Linotype's Janson Text Janson Text was originally created by Miklós Kis in the 17th century. It was updated by Linotype under the supervision of Hermann Zapf in the 1950s. Professor Horst Heiderhoff made eight weights of Janson Text in 1985 for Linotype. Linotype writes about Linotype Janson Text: A faithful recreation of one of the great seventeenth century Dutch typefaces cut by the protestant Transylvanian Nicolas Kis. The matrices survive at Stempel. Their value was recognized by Chauncey Griffith at Mergenthaler Linotype, who used Kis's 14 point to undertake the revival for composing machines while following a Voskens italic better suited to the Linotype than the Kis italics. George Ostrochulski adapted the typeface for photocomposition at Mergenthaler, returning to the original italics.	EXTERNAL LINKS Horst Heiderhoff on Linotype's Janson Text MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ German type scene ⦿ Typefaces based on Nicolas Kis's work ⦿

file name: Horst Heiderhoff Linotype Janson Text 1985b

file name: Horst Heiderhoff Linotype Janson Text 1985c

file name: Horst Heiderhoff Linotype Janson Text 1985d

file name: Linotype Janson Text

file name: Linotype Janson Text56 Italic 1985

file name: Linotype janson Text55 Roman 1985

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