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Leonard H. D. Smit

Dutch designer (1917-1986) active at Lettergietrij Amsterdam starting in 1947. Creator of the calligraphic script font Amazone (Tetterode Nederland, 1958), now available from Bitstream as Amazone BT [compare Amapola by Dan X. Solo]. In 1960, he designed Promotor, a medium weight expanded typeface done at Lettergieterij Amsterdam (now available from Elsner&Flake), in 1962 he added Orator (a bold companion to Promotor, Lettergieterij Amsterdam), and in 1969 Revue (still at Tetterode).

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file name: L H D Smit Tetterode Revue 1969


file name: Leonard H D Smit Amazone B T 1958 Digital Bitstream Version


file name: Leonard H D Smit Amazone B T


file name: Leonard H D Smit Promotor







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