Henrik Keyser II

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Henrik Keyser II Swedish book printer and typographer, whose story is told be Douglas McMurtrie in The First Swedish Type Specimen (Chicago, 1933). He published Sweden's first type specimen book in 1691: "Någre få prooff. Hoos Henrick Keiser Kongl. Maytz: och Upsal. Acad. Booktryckiare Stockholm 1691". Only two copies of this specimen book remain, one in Stockholm, and one in Upsala, where Keiser was the University of Upsala printer. The type specimen book shows Fraktur, Schwabacher, music notation, Hebrew, Greek, Cursive, Antiqua, Roamyn and title capitals. Later on, Keyser became the royal printer. He died in 1699. Bio in Swedish.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Henrik Keyser II Type design in Sweden ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Articles on type design written by Luc Devroye ⦿ Bastarda / Bâtarde / Schwabacher ⦿

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