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Otherways.nl [Donald Roos] Type foundry in Amsterdam, run by Donald Roos (b. Haarlem, 1978). Also involved are Jantoon Roos (Haarlem, b. 1953) and Benz Roos. Donald Roos studied type design at KABK in Den Haag. In 2008, he started up his own studio Bureau.Donald, based in Amsterdam. He created the online typographic library Typebase and is co-founder of tech-startup Triqle. Donald has been a teacher at several academies; the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam College and Fontys College. He currently teaches type design at KABK in Den haag. Typefaces (all by Donald Roos) include LD Spaghetti (2004), LL Bint (2004, potato stamp face), LL Gaufre (2004, an "OpenPixelType"), MagGothic (in progress). They are also involved in the digitization of wood type. In 2009, he got involved in Vette Letters, and there he published VLNL Bint, VLNL Gaufre, VLNL Knoffel, VLNL Brak, and VLNL Spaghetti Bolognese, VLNL Woodburger, VLNL Wasabi, VLNL Irish Stew, VLNL Hollandsche Nieuwe. Typefaces by Donald Roos from 2013: VLNL Wood Burger (based on American wood type), VLN Wasabi Turbo. In 2015, he published VLNL Boulangerie. In 2021, Donald Roos digitized Plinc Buffalo for House Industries. Plinc Buffalo is a bold western wood type font based on an original PhotoLetteringInc font by Ed Benguiat called Buffalo. Klingspor link. Creative Market link. Behance link. Bureau Donald.	EXTERNAL LINKS Otherways.nl [Designer info] Behance page Creative Market page Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Commercial fonts (small outfits) ⦿ Dutch type design ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Pixel/bitmap fonts ⦿ Potato cut printing ⦿