Member Art… Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 This topic was imported from the Typophile platform Some people might know, most won't, but the website of the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands had an overhaul. Most fancy about this is the overview of their archive, which includes a lot of high-resolution type and lettering material. It is a bit of a search, but there are some real gems to be found and is perfect for lazy browsing on a lazy sunday. Next to this, I wonder if some people might know of the origin of this type: It's used by Johannes Enschedé around 1760 as a companion sheet to an etching. A link to the larger page:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-P-OB-24.123/letters The gallery is easy to browse and filtering is quite simple, which includes filtering on colors and techniques. The english version sadly doesn't translate the keywords, so that's a bit of a drawback. Much can be found at:https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?f=1&p=1&ps=12&technique=boekdruk&im... or https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/search?f=1&p=1&ps=12&type=tekstblad&imgonl... Link to comment
Member Nic… Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 … the origin of this type … Jewelry. Link to comment
Member Rya… Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 Jewelry, interesting. I'm kind of halfass trying to get a short essay together about the connections between jewelry making and type designing. This looks like a great resource, thanks for posting it arthus. Link to comment
Member ken… Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Arthur — Those look like the Dubbelde Mediaan Versierde Caapitalen acquired by Enschedé from Mathias Rosart in 1768 and used for a few words on the title page of their type specimen from that year. Link to comment
Member Art… Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 Thanks! I'll have a look what else I can find, might be something for a pet research project after I'm done with my current one. From what I've been able to look at, some should be in the Enschedé collection so that's only a busstop or 4 away, that is of course if I can arrange a visit ;) Link to comment
Member Rya… Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Anybody have any idea how that site was put together code-wise? It looks really nice. Wordpress, perhaps? Link to comment
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