Belgian-German copper engraver (b. Liège, 1561, d. 1623), who worked most of his life in Frankfurt am Main. His vast oeuvre includes a human figure alphabet [see also here], which appeared in his book "Alphabeta et characters" (1596), and shows many influences of similar alphabets of Peter Flötner in Germany. In 1595, he published a thick "Alphabetbuch" (1595), in which we find elaborately ornamented caps.

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Johann Theodor de Bry
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Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ The Belgian type scene ⦿ German type scene ⦿

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