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Miklós Tótfalusi Kis

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1698 book printed by Kis

Miklós Tótfalusi Kis (Hungarian: Misztótfalusi Kis Miklós), known in English-speaking countries as Nicholas Kis (1650 to March 20, 1702) was a Hungarian letter cutter, typeface designer, typographer and printer.[1][2][3][4] Kis was one of the first printers and letter cutters of the Georgian type letters. He made fonts on the request of the Georgian king Archil of Imereti.

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  1. ^ Lane, John (1983). "The Types of Nicholas Kis". Journal of the Printing Historical Society: 47–75.
  2. ^ Stauffacher, Jack (1985). "The Transylvanian Phoenix: the Kis-Janson Types in the Digital Era". Visible Language. 19 (1): 61–76. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  3. ^ Rozsondai, Marianne (2004). "The bindings of books printed by Miklos Misztotfalusi Kis". E codicibus impressisque : opstellen over het boek in de Lage landen voor Elly Cockx-Indestege. Leuven: Peeters. pp. 149–170. ISBN 978-90-429-1423-0.
  4. ^ Middendorp, Jan (2004). Dutch type. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. p. 25. ISBN 978-90-6450-460-0. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  • Perrousseaux, Yves (2006) Histoire de l’écriture typographique, de Gutenberg au xviie siècle, Atelier Perrousseaux
  • Sharadze, Guram (1982) Miklos Kis Totfalusi and the Georgian printing, Tbilisi
  • Dán, Róbert (1980) Tótfalusi Kis Miklós grúz betűi, Magyar Könyvszemle