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Obsessed with typography? So are we! Whether you are working on a paper, completing a thesis, or have already published your research, we want to hear everything and help where we can. Contact us here.
Our students often conduct research themselves. Here are some examples.
Students from the Expert Class Type Design 2022–2023 published a booklet about their research into the relationship between established production frameworks for Renaissance and Baroque fonts and the unique style and techniques of punch cutters from those historical periods.
The research raises fascinating questions, such as whether these punch cutters can be considered letter designers in the modern sense of the word or rather type refiners, who consciously or unconsciously altered the established frameworks of their predecessors. It contains an overview of digital revivals based on the work of four prominent punch cutters from different style periods, and details the processes that produced them. Includes valuable descriptions of the interactions and collaborative methods among the students.
The booklet is on sale for €10 + postage at plantin.instituut@antwerpen.be.
Hundreds of hours of in-depth investigation, meticulous drawing, discussion and testing finally resulted in a comprehensive series of advanced digital revivals: The Rosart Project.
The Rosart Project is a comprehensive research project led by Walda Verbaenen, Michel Paré and Lukas Schneider. It originated from a group project of the Expert Class [oc Course?] Type Design 2014–2015, supervised by our lecturer Dr Frank Blokland. This project focused on the works of Jacques-François Rosart, an 18th-century Belgian typefounder, and resulted in a comprehensive series of digital revivals of his text and display types, including decorative capitals and ornaments.
This collection, created through thorough research and design, is the most comprehensive collection of Rosart’s work to date. The role of Dr Blokland and the Plantin Institute of Typography was essential in supporting this research and design initiative, thus securing the historical and aesthetic value of Rosart’s typography for future generations.
Want more information? Check out the website of The Rosart Project. Lecturer Dr Frank Blokland’s webshop also offers a booklet about this project: Rosart Anvers: Making a Revival.
Our collection of type specimens can be consulted by appointment. The photo shows a group of international students from AP College (Academy of Fine Arts) during a show-and-tell on 1 April 2022. These students mainly focused on type specimens from the first half of the 20th century.
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