Luc(as) de Groot
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Lucas de Groot (born 21 June 1963 in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands), known professionally as Luc(as) de Groot, is a Dutch type designer. He is the head of the type foundry Fontfabrik.[1]
He is mostly known for the very large font family Thesis (TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix, TheSansMono and later TheAntiqua) [2] and Corpid (previously AgroSans).
De Groot has also designed various custom fonts for particular clients: Calibri[2] and Consolas for Microsoft; SunSans for Sun Microsystems; SpiegelSans and Taz for, respectively, the German magazines Der Spiegel[2] and die tageszeitung; and FolhaSerif for the Brazilian newspaper Folha.
De Groot teaches at the Design Faculty of the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany.
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[edit] Fonts designed by Lucas
- Calibri
- TAZ for the newspaper die Tageszeitung
- Thesis
- Consolas
- FolhaSerif
- SunSans
[edit] Notes
- ^ Macmillan, Neil (2006). An A-Z of Type Designers. Yale University Press. p. 97. http://books.google.ca/books?id=jxV4qEolEo8C&pg=PA97. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ a b c Garfield, Simon. Just My Type: A book about fonts. p. 329. Profile Books (UK), Gotham Books (US), 2010, pp.328-331. ISBN 978-1-592-40654-4.
[edit] References
- Middendorp, Jan. Dutch Type. 010 Publishers, 2004. ISBN 9789064504600.
[edit] External links
- Lucas de Groot home page
- LucasFonts Lucas de Groot's design bureau.
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