Just van Rossum
Just van Rossum (born July 13, 1966 in Haarlem ) is a Dutch typographer.
Life
Just van Rossum studied Typographic Design at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague . After working for MetaDesign in Berlin, he opened his own atelier as a type and graphic designer in The Hague. He works with Erik van Blokland at Letterror.
He is the brother of Guido van Rossum , who became known as the developer of the Python programming language .
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Van Rossum has designed a large number of fonts, partly together with other typographers such as Erik van Blokland (Letterror) and Erik Spiekermann :
- FF Advert
- FF Beowolf (with Erik van Blokland)
- LTR Bodoni (with Erik van Blokland)
- FF Brokenscript
- FF Double Digits (with Manfred Klein)
- F Flixel
- FF Instant Types (incl. FF Confidential, FF Dynamoe, FF Flightcase, FF Karton, FF Stamp Gothic)
- FF Justlefthand (as part of FF Hansa)
- ITC Officina (with Erik Spiekermann)
- FB Phaistos (with David Berlow)
- FF textbook
- FF school font
- FF Trixie (with Erik van Blokland)
- F What You Think (with Erik van Blokland)
In addition, van Rossum et al. a. designed the "Python powered" logo for websites that use Python.
Web links
- LettError, Just van Rossum's and Erik van Blokland's typography company
- Just van Rossum's page ( memento of February 12, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) on python.net
- CV and overview of the fonts designed by Just van Rossum (FontShop, German)
- CV and overview of the fonts designed by Just van Rossum (FontFont, English)
- Python powered logo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rossum, Just van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch typographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem , the Netherlands |