Jacques François Rosart
Jacques François Rosart
Jacques François Rosart (1714, Namur – 26 May 1777) was a Belgian engraver and founder of metal type.[1]
Rosart operated a successful type foundry in Brussels after arriving in the city in 1759, and before that worked in Haarlem.[2] His typefaces were in the "transitional" style, and he also made script typefaces, which he called a Financière style, music typefaces and shadowed capitals.[3][2]
References[]
- ^ Lane 2004, pp. 105-6.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lane 2004, p. 106.
- ^ Middendorp 2004, pp. 28-29.
Cited literature[]
- Lane, John A. (2004). Early Type Specimens in the Plantin-Moretus Museum: annotated descriptions of the specimens to ca. 1850 (mostly from the Low Countries and France) with preliminary notes on the typefoundries and printing offices (1. ed.). New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press. pp. 105–112. ISBN 9781584561392.
- Middendorp, Jan (2004). Dutch Type. 010 Publishers. pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-90-6450-460-0.
External links[]
Rosart's type specimens:
- Epreuve des caractères qui se gravent et fondent dans la nouvelle fonderie de Jacques François Rosart, 1761
- Epreuve des caractères qui se gravent & fondent dans la nouvelle fonderie de Jacques François Rosart, 1768
- Epreuves des caractères de la fonderie de la Veuve Decellier, successeur de J. F. Rosart, 1779
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Categories:
- 1714 births
- 1777 deaths
- People from Namur (city)
- Businesspeople of the Austrian Netherlands
- Belgian typographers and type designers
- Businesspeople from Brussels