Joop H. Moesman

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Joop H. Moesman The Utrecht-based surrealist J.H. Moesman (1909-1988) is known for his quality paintings, drawings and essays on modern art. He also designed the Petronius typeface. As a gifted calligrapher, he gave Petronius a calligraphic look. The name was a tribute to Gaius Petronius Arbiter, a Roman author who lived in the first century AD and to whom Satyricon is attributed. Moesman studied The Golden type of William Morris (1834-1896), who had based Golden Type on a printed Renaissance typeface by the of Italian Nicolas Jenson (ca.1420-1480). For Petronius, Moesman made a roman, an italic, a narrow style and a set of initials. A lead type was never made though. Petronius was digitally revived in 2010 by Autobahn as Petronius (2010).	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Calligraphic typefaces ⦿ Dutch type design ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Venetian or antiqua typefaces ⦿

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