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Willem Sandberg
Jonkheer Willem Jacob Henri Berend Sandberg (b. Amersfoort, The Netherlands, 1897-1984) was a Dutch typographer, museum curator, and member of the Dutch resistance during World War II. He studied art in Amsterdam and was deeply influenced by Otto Neurath's Isotype. He was involved in forging identity cards during the German occupation in WWII, mainly for Jews wanted by the Gestapo. The only problem was that the identity cards could be checked against the records at the registry office. So his resistance group bombed the registry office, which led to the capture of resistance members, and Sandberg went into hiding for the reminder of the occupation. During that time, he worked on his Experimenta Typographica series. Sandberg began working for the Stedelijk Museum in 1928 and was appointed curator in 1937. After the war in 1945, he served as director of the museum until his retirement in 1962. Digital typefaces influenced by his work:
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