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Prof. Lucas de Groot

Geb. 1963 in Noordwijkerhout, Niederlande

Kursangebot
Schriftentwicklung (Module 1.123, 2.114)

Praxis aktuell

  • typefoundry: LucasFonts,
  • type design and production: FontFabrik
  • type systems developement
  • kernologica language research
  • topology dependant anisotropic interpolation theory
  • python scripted OpenType
  • Subpixel cleartype hinting

Vita

1988

Gymnasium, Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, interpolation theory

1989–93

designer at BRS Premsela Vonk in Amsterdam

1992–93

teacher in Den Bosch, freelance writer for computer graphics magazine

1993–97

designer, typographic director at MetaDesign Berlin

1996

Berlin Weissensee, FH Potsdam

1997

founded FontFabrik in Berlin
professor at Fachhochschule Berlin

2000

founded LucasFonts retail brand

seit 1994

type related lectures and seminars worldwide

Publikationen

  • various articles in magazines
  • Thesis, TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix, (1994 FSI, 2000 LucasFonts)
  • Nebulae, JesusLovesYou, MoveMeMM (1995 FSI)
  • Thesis Basics, Mono, Office (96-99 FSI, 2000 LucasFonts)
  • Agro, Corpid, (1997 Dutch agricultural ministry, 1999, 2002, LucasFonts)
  • SunSans (1998 Sun Microsystems, 2000 LucasFonts)
  • TheAntiqua Sun, B, and E (1999, 2001 LucasFonts)
  • Taz, TazText (1999 Die Tageszeitung, 2002 LucasFonts)
  • SpiegelSans (1998 Der Spiegel, 2000 LucasFonts)
  • FolhaSerif (1994 Folha de S.Paulo, 1999 LucasFonts)
  • Floris (2002 LeMonde, 2002/2003 LucasFonts)

 

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