Bram de Does
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Bram de Does (19 July 1934 – 28 December 2015) was a
.Book design at Enschedé
After
letterpress
. De Does is known for his attention for detail and perfectionism; for the Typefoundries in the Netherlands, he personally supervised the production of the paper (produced with his own recipe) and he insisted that the book should be printed by one person in a specially equipped room.
Typefaces
Lexicon
Bram de Does' first typeface was the
Type 1 font from The Enschedé Font Foundry (TEFF). In 1991 De Does won the H.N. Werkmanprize
for the design.
Ten years after Trinité, De Does designed his second serif typeface,
pointsizes
.
Publications
- Bram de Does, Kaba-structuren, Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, Spectatorpers (2011) ISBN 978-94-90913-15-1
- Bram de Does, Kaba-ornament, Uitgeverij de Buitenkant (2006) ISBN 978-907642595-5
- Bram de Does, Kaba Ornament, Deel I, Vorm, Spectatorpers (2002)
- Bram de Does, Romanée en Trinité: historisch origineel en systematisch slordig, Uitgeverij de Buitenkant, Spectatorpers (1991) ISBN 90-70386-43-7
Literature
- Sebastian Carter, 'The Spectatorpers – The press of Bram de Does', in Parenthesis; 14 (2008 February), p. 10–18
- Mathieu Lommen & ISBN 978-90-7645-291-3
Documentary
- In 2003 a documentary about Bram de Does, called Systematisch slordig[2] (roughly translates to systematically sloppy) was released. It is available on vimeo.com (see external links).
Awards
References
- Carter, Sebastian (2008). "The Spectatorpers – The press of Bram de Does". Parenthesis. 14.
- ^ "Kijkwijzer classification of Systematisch Slordig: Bram de Does - kijkwijzer.nl". www.kijkwijzer.nl (in Dutch).
- Jan Middendorp, Dutch Type, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam (2004)
External links
Media related to Bram de Does at Wikimedia Commons- Trinité on the TEFF website
- Lexicon on the TEFF website
- (in Dutch) Collection Bram de Does on the website of the University of Amsterdam (with original drawings)
- Documentary "Systematisch slordig" on vimeo.com
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