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Hendrik van den Keere
Born in Gent (now Belgium) around 1540, and aka Henry du Tour, he died in 1580. He delivered letters to Plantin (and exclusively so between 1570 and 1580). Enschedé's specimen book lists his 1575 Civilité as Civilité No. 14. His lettering was revived in 1994 by the Dutch Type Library as DTL VandenKeere. Myfonts.com writes that Van den Keere's 2-line Double Pica Roman (Gros Canon), cut around 1570 and shown in Plantin's c.1585 folio specimen, is the basis for Fred Smeijers' recent face, Renard. In Sixteenth-century Printing Types of the Low Countries (H.D.L. Vervliet, Amsterdam, 1968), van den Keere is called the best punchcutter of the Low Countries in the sixteenth century, being the link between the French, who dominated the 16th century, and the Dutch who led in the 17th century. In 1575, he made a Civilité, the "Van den Keere Civilité" (see here for more on that story). Matthew Carter's DTL Flamande (2004, Dutch Type Library) is based on a Textura by Hendrik van den Keere. DTL Flamande is available from URW++ since 2018. |
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file name: D T L Van Den Keere after Van Den Keere 1575
file name: Hendrik Van Den Keere Two Line Double Pica Roman
file name: Matthew Carter D T L Flamande 2018
file name: Matthew Carter D T L Flamande 2018
file name: Fred Smeijers Renardthree roman
file name: Enschede Civilite No14 30
file name: Enschede Civilite No14
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