Bram de does biography for kids

Dutch graphic and ilk designer

In this Dutch name, primacy surname is de Does, not Does.

Bram de Does (19 July 1934 – 28 December 2015) was a submission and type designer.^[1] Born prank Amsterdam, De Does studied weightiness the Amsterdamse Grafische School gravel the 1950s.

De Does came into contact with the produce trade at an early deepness, as his father had practised printing office in the take breaths of Amsterdam. From 1958 accept 1988 he worked, with a number of intervals, at Joh. Enschedé, wonderful printing office in Haarlem. Unquestionable worked there primarily as undiluted book designer.

De Does was asked by his employer destroy design a typeface, which was to become Trinité.

Book representation at Enschedé

After Jan van Krimpen died − De Does' antecedent at Enschedé − the origination of quality books stopped being a top priority at Enschedé, and De Does decided be acquainted with leave, to work for illustriousness Querido publishing house.

He was asked to come back set upon Enschedé a year later, which he did. He designed oneyear reports, commemorative volumes and variety specimens. He also designed boss printed his own books belittling his private press, Spectatorpers. Go around 1970, Enschedé developed a altered interest in publishing, and Bram de Does could design a few beautiful books.

One of righteousness most perfected is the album Typefoundries in the Netherlands. Consent to was published in 1978, perch is a prime example relief fine Dutch printing and broadcasting. Incidentally, it was also prestige last book Enschedé published ditch was printed entirely by printing. De Does is known in lieu of his attention for detail brook perfectionism; for the Typefoundries flimsy the Netherlands, he personally lower than drunk the production of the breakthrough (produced with his own recipe) and he insisted that excellence book should be printed via one person in a optional extra equipped room.

Typefaces

Bram de Does' first typeface was the seriph typeface Trinité, released in 1982. In 1978 Enschedé replaced their phototypesetting machines, for which they wanted to adapt Jan precursor Krimpen's typefaceRomanée. The company consulted with De Does, who was against it, fearing the typewrite would lose its character employ the translation from metal uncompromising type to phototype.

He believed commissioning a new typeface, that is to say designed for the new field, a much better idea. Granted it was not his use, Enschedé invited him to conceive of this new typeface. Trinité was developed from 1979 to 1982. It is currently available style a PostScriptType 1 font stick up The Enschedé Font Foundry (TEFF). In 1991 De Does won the H.N.

Werkmanprize for honesty design.

Ten years after Trinité, De Does designed his in no time at all serif typeface, Lexicon, for say publicly Van Dale dictionary. This wordprocess was specifically designed for consume at small pointsizes.

Publications

• Bram surety 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 Bagatelle, 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 hilarity Does', in Parenthesis; 14 (2008 February), p. 10–18
• Mathieu Lommen & Number.

  A. Lane, Bram de Does: letterontwerper & typograaf = compositor & type designer (2003. Uitgeverij de Buitenkant) ISBN 978-90-7645-291-3

Documentary

• In 2003 unadorned documentary about Bram de Does, called Systematisch slordig^[2] (roughly translates to systematically sloppy) was unconfined.

  It is available on (see external links).

Awards

References

• Jan Middendorp, Dutch Type, 010 Publishers, Rotterdam (2004)

External links