Christoffel van Dijck
Christoffel van Dijck (* approx. 1605 in Dexheim ; † 1669 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch printer and operator of a type foundry in Amsterdam.
Among other things, he designed the font for the Hebrew Bible of Immanuel 'Ati'as, known as Otiyot Amsterdam ("Letters from Amsterdam"), which was subsequently copied by contemporary printers.
Little more has been preserved of his work than impressions of his typefaces. Over the years, his lead letters, matrices and punches fell into the hands of various foundries, ultimately to the Joh. Enschedé company in Haarlem , the Netherlands , where they ended up in the melting pot because his fonts had gone out of fashion. The famous type designer Jan van Krimpen (1892–1958), who worked for Enschedé, produced a Van Dijck in 1937 for the English Monotype Corporation .
In 1992, the Dutch Type Library commissioned the typographer Gerard Daniëls to design a new typeface family based on the work of Christoffel van Dijck. This is how the DTL Elzevir font was born. The name of Augustijn, Daniël Elsevier's widow , was the inspiration for the name of this font. DTL Elzevir delivers, just like the original material from Christoffel van Dijck, a compact and uniform typeface and is therefore particularly suitable for book productions.
The font is now also known as DTP - Font available.
See also: Baroque Antiqua
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dijck, Christoffel van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch printer and type founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1605 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dexheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1669 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |