Hans Holbein The Younger

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Hans Holbein The Younger Painter and drawer born in Augsburg in 1497, who died in 1543. He is most famous for his woodcut alphabet produced in Basel between 1522 and 1526 entitled The Dance of Death. At the Psymon site, we can find several initial cap alphabets of his in GIF format: these include The Alphabet Of Children (1527-1532) and The Dance Of Death (or: Danse Macabre) of Hans Holbein the Younger (circa 1523). Digital versions abound: Kevin Andrew Murphy made Danse Macabre into a shareware font, and called it DeathDance (2000). Gilles Le Corre made the commercial typeface GLC 1523 Holbein (2010). Errance Nocturne made the free typeface Hans Holbein (2006). Errance Nocturne combined both alphabets in his free font Hans Holbein (2006). Another set of gifs is here. Jose Jimenez (Celebrity Fontz) created the commercial typeface Alphabet of Death (2012). Site dedicated to The Dance of Death.	EXTERNAL LINKS Hans Holbein The Younger MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Ornamental caps typefaces ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in Switzerland ⦿ German type scene ⦿

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