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LucasFonts
Lucas de Groot (born in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands), known professionally as Luc(as) de Groot, is a Dutch typographer, type designer. He is the head of the type foundry Fontfabrik, also trading as LucasFonts. De Groot is particularly known for the very large family Thesis (typeface), Thesis (a font superfamily with sans-serif, serif and Monospaced font, monospaced designs), Calibri, the longtime default font with Microsoft Office, and Consolas.Garfield, Simon''Just My Type: A book about fonts'' p. 329. Profile Books (UK), Gotham Books (US), 2010, pp.328-331. . De Groot is considered an expert on using Multiple master fonts, interpolative font design and stylistic alternates to develop large families with a wide range of features and languages supported. Biography De Groot was born in the Netherlands and studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. He adopted the name Luc(as) on his business card after graduating as a reference to people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thesis (typeface)
Thesis is a large typeface family designed by Luc(as) de Groot. The typefaces were designed between 1994 and 1999 to provide a modern humanist family. Each typeface is available in a variety of weights as well as in italic. Originally released by FontFont, it is now sold by de Groot through his imprint LucasFonts. Thesis fonts have become popular and can be seen in various publications or logotypes. To create a varied range of fonts of different thicknesses and levels of condensation, Thesis was developed using multiple master technology, in which weights were created by 'averaging' and extending the trend between a thick and thin design to create a smooth, continuous trend in styles from thin to very bold. The fonts also include a large number of stylistic alternate characters. The family is a font superfamily, since it includes both serif and sans-serif designs. TheSans A humanist sans-serif font family, somewhat similar to Syntax (1968) and Frutiger (1976). It included fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
