Jacques-François Rosart
Belgian engraver and type founder
About Jacques-François Rosart
Lived 1714 – 1777 (aged 62). Jacques-François Rosart was a type designer.
Jacques François Rosart (1714, Namur – 26 May 1777) was a punchcutter, engraver and founder of metal type from the Austrian Netherlands (modern Belgium).
Rosart operated a successful type foundry in Brussels after arriving in the city in 1759, and before that worked in Haarlem. His typefaces were in the "transitional" style, and he also made script typefaces, 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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Who was Jacques-François Rosart?
Belgian engraver and type founder (1714-1777)
When was Jacques-François Rosart born?
Jacques-François Rosart was born on 9 August 1714 in Namur.
When did Jacques-François Rosart die?
Jacques-François Rosart died on 26 May 1777 in Brussels.
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Jacques-François Rosart was a type designer.
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