Dyck, Christopher van

(vän dīk`), 1601–c.1672, German designer and maker of printing type, who worked in Amsterdam. Types that he designed were used by the ElzevirElzevir, Louis
, 1540–1617, Dutch printer and bookseller, whose name also appeared as Elsevier or Elzevier. He produced his first book at Leiden in 1583. Under his descendants, the business was continued until 1791.
..... Click the link for more information. firm. His roman typeface was of the kind known in England and America as "old style" and on the Continent as "Elzevir." It was sturdy, legible, without much contrast between light and heavy lines, and with inconspicuous serifs. It strongly influenced CaslonCaslon, William
, 1692–1766, English type designer, b. Worcestershire. He worked first in London as an engraver of gunlocks, then set up his own foundry in 1716. The merits of Caslon's types were rediscovered after a brief eclipse in the popularity of John Baskerville's
..... Click the link for more information. and other designers of old-style types.

单词	dyck, christopher van
释义	Dyck, Christopher van Dyck, Christopher van (vän dīk`), 1601–c.1672, German designer and maker of printing type, who worked in Amsterdam. Types that he designed were used by the ElzevirElzevir, Louis , 1540–1617, Dutch printer and bookseller, whose name also appeared as Elsevier or Elzevier. He produced his first book at Leiden in 1583. Under his descendants, the business was continued until 1791. ..... Click the link for more information. firm. His roman typeface was of the kind known in England and America as "old style" and on the Continent as "Elzevir." It was sturdy, legible, without much contrast between light and heavy lines, and with inconspicuous serifs. It strongly influenced CaslonCaslon, William , 1692–1766, English type designer, b. Worcestershire. He worked first in London as an engraver of gunlocks, then set up his own foundry in 1716. The merits of Caslon's types were rediscovered after a brief eclipse in the popularity of John Baskerville's ..... Click the link for more information. and other designers of old-style types.
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