J. Van Krimpen on Designing and Devising Type birthdayposter Printed for and under the

Printed for and under the direction of Frederic Warde from his original Arrighi types

and the twenty-­fifth anniversary of the United Nations

and artists from around Europe

he came all the way to Boston to study sign painting at a now defunct art school in Back Bay (which is a swanky part of town)

In between you’ll see illustrations by the likes of Lou Dorfsman

J. Van Krimpen on Designing and Devising Type birthdayposter Printed for and under theWe learned about printing and typography in a foundry that could cast just about any typeface we wantedexcept those by Jan van Krimpen. So, his were the types we wanted most of all. (They had the mats for Van Dijck, but, meh.) Anyway, coveting what one cant have can either make a serial killer or an admirer. In this case were just fans of Jan van Krimpenespecially his book design and postage stamps. But this book is about his typefaces. Written in his