Enschede-titlepage proofing print - portrait of Jacobus Franciscus Rosart natus Namurei 1714

Jacques François Rosart (1714,

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– 26 May 1777) was a

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engraver and founder of

metal type In typesetting, a sort or type is a block with a typographic character etched on it, which is lined up with others to print text. In movable-type printing, the sort or type is cast from a matrix mold and assembled by hand with other sorts be ...

. Rosart operated a successful

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Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

after arriving in the city in 1759, and before that worked in

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. His typefaces were in the "transitional" style, and he also made

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s, which he called a ''Financière'' style, music typefaces and shadowed capitals. Digital typefaces based on Rosart's work have been published.

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Rosart's type specimens: *
Epreuve des caractères qui se gravent et fondent dans la nouvelle fonderie de Jacques François Rosart
'' 1761 *
Epreuve des caractères qui se gravent & fondent dans la nouvelle fonderie de Jacques François Rosart
'' 1768 *
Epreuves des caractères de la fonderie de la Veuve Decellier, successeur de J. F. Rosart
'' 1779 {{authority control 1714 births 1777 deaths People from Namur (city) Businesspeople of the Austrian Netherlands Belgian typographers and type designers Businesspeople from Brussels Transitional serif typefaces