About Gerrit Willem Ovink
Lived 1912 – 1984 (aged 71). Gerrit Willem Ovink was a Dutch type designer, university teacher and art historian.
Geritt Willem Ovink (1912 - 1984) was a Dutch professor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art, and legibility researcher. He was a laudator of the second Gutenberg Prize winner Henri Friedlaender.
Ovinik focused on the readability of modern pamphlets, and ventured with the re-casting of old writings of the 19th century, a "typographic revolution".
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Who was Gerrit Willem Ovink?
Dutch historian (1912–1984)
When was Gerrit Willem Ovink born?
Gerrit Willem Ovink was born on 22 October 1912 in Leiden.
When did Gerrit Willem Ovink die?
Gerrit Willem Ovink died on 4 February 1984 in Amsterdam.
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Gerrit Willem Ovink was a type designer, university teacher and art historian.
What nationality was Gerrit Willem Ovink?
Gerrit Willem Ovink was Dutch.
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