Jacques François Rosart

Portrait by [[Cornelis van Noorde Jacques François Rosart (1714, Namur – 26 May 1777) was a Belgian engraver and founder of metal type.

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.

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The Type Specimen of Jacques-François Rosart, Brussels, 1768 /
Participants: Rosart, Jacques-François, [ VerfasserIn ]
Published: 1973.
Superior document: European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000
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