Museum Plantin-Moretus

Contributed by Frank E. Blokland


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Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp has been using DTL VandenKeere for approximately 25 years in its exterior and interior signage, as well as in its publications. This typeface is prominently featured throughout the museum. Its return to the museum was significant, as Hendrik van den Keere (ca. 1540–1580) originally cut the Parangonne Romaine (known as Reale Romaine by Christophe Plantin), which served as the model for the digital variant, in 1575. Plantin first employed this type in 1576. The italic of DTL VandenKeere, on the other hand, is based on a model by the French punchcutter François Guyot (ca. 1505–1570).

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Dutch Type Library. License: All Rights Reserved.


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Dutch Type Library. License: All Rights Reserved.


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