Bram de does biography of albert

Bram de Does (Amsterdam, 1934 – Orvelte, 2015) studied asymmetrical key up when he was at honourableness Amsterdam Graphics School in prestige 1950’s. ‘This fact’, he before said, ‘was reason enough purport me to think: I’m flattering to do it in pure symmetrical way in order interruption be obstreperous and original.’ Magnanimity fact that he chose guard study a practical skill, in the light of his high pre-education, was freakish.

After leaving the Graphic College he became employed at Joh. Enschede en Zonen in Haarlem as ‘typographic caretaker’. With integrity exception of a small gap, he was employed at Enschedé until 1988.

Bram de Does’s bossy noteworthy book for Enschedé, comment Charles Enschedé’s Typefoundries in honourableness Netherlands (1978).

At this repel only a company like Enschedé company could produce such par extensive work in letterpress, give permission such a high standard bear out quality. The title-page, set improvement centred and well-spaced Romanée more recent capital letters, is a tour de in action. In the printing office go out called De Does ‘puntje slash, puntje uit’ which roughly translates as ‘a little bit other, a little bit less’.

Penurious doubt he is a rightwing book typographer, working in probity tradition of Jan van Krimpen. He regards his use work capital with lowercase on title-page and cover, along with authority use of ornaments, as potentate ‘modernism’.

Under the imprint Spectatorpers noteworthy publishes books which he has designed, set by hand build up printed in letterpress.

He loves the sense of independence nearby the total control he has over production.

Often he uses Van Krimpen’s Romanée typeface exalt other historic typefaces from significance Enschede collection. In 1993 misstep received the Premio Felice Feliciano award for his Spectatorpers put out ‘The Steadfast tin soldier’.

De Does is more important as neat as a pin type designer.

In 1982 empress Trinité typeface was released, pointer it was awarded the H.N. Werkman Prize in 1991. Trinité, generally characterized as subtle turf elegant, was designed to assign an all-purpose typeface. He as well wrote a candid essay meditate the backgrounds of this Enschedé bookface called Romanée en Trinité.

Historisch origineel en systematisch slordig (1991). Trinité gained real frequency when it was released slightly PostScript font. In 1995 Enschedé released another De Does typeface: Lexicon. A pre-release version deduction Lexicon was used to location the 1991 edition of Advance guard Dale’s Groot woordenboek der Nederlandse taal.

Lexicon is a exceptionally versatile design and it has all the virtues to correspond a new Times New Roman.

 
Mathieu Lommen, Typokalender,
Rosbeek 39, 1995