John Hansen Budalsplads

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John Hansen Budalsplads John Hansen Budalsplads (1798-1874), a craftsman from Budalen, a remote mountain valley in central Norway, is well known for his production of ornamented, wooden boxes. He also had a great interest and ability in cutting letters in wood. He produced whole alphabets in blackletter and Latin (copperplate) style. On some plates the letters are cut into the wood, but he also cut letters which stand out of the wood (as punches). The latter ones were then printed on paper, to be hung up on walls on the farms. They were both educational and decorative, as the letters are well executed. The article discusses how Budalsplads can have got them printed. Torjorn Eng regards him as the first representative of Norwegian typeface design. A sample from 1820 until 1831. A sample from 1826. Another link.	EXTERNAL LINKS John Hansen Budalsplads MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS The Norwegian type scene ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Wood Type ⦿ Copperplate ⦿

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