Research

These are some of the books produced during every TypeMedia year, as a record for the Revival project.

Each of these projects explores a typeface from before 1930. The books document the origins of the typefaces, the people involved in making the type, specimens, sizes. The students seek out primary source materials in libraries, archives and collections. Then they work on a new digital interpretation.

We’re adding titles to this bookshelf, it is not complete. KABK students can access the books in the TypeMedia archive on request.

Images from the TypeMedia archive, photos by Marja van der Burgh.

The Revival of Hollandsche Mediaeval, Lettergieterij Amsterdam. [83 p] 150×210mm
Author: Abraham Abebe

La Série No.16. A type Revival, Deberny & Cie. [107 p] 170×225mm
Author: Omayma Dajani

Designing Isaiah. A digital reinterpretation of the fake Fell Pica, Custom typeface for J. Fell. [58 p] 125×190mm
Author: Benjamin Rein Gaupset

Holzhausen. A revival of Holzhausen Antiqua, D. Stempel AG. [61 p] 150×210mm
Author: Archie Heaslip

Ancien Romain - the hidden Elzevir, Deberny & Cie. [94 p] 180×230mm
Author: Jacky Martinovic

A revival of the Weiß Antiqua by Emil Rudolph Weiß with additional Styles, Bauer. [69 p] 210×290mm
Author: Felix Bamforth

Tiemann Mediaeval Warfare, Gebr. Klingspor. [54 p] 210×300mm
Author: Anne-Dauphine Borione

Timonel and the story when Ceci met Fleischman, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. [144 p] 180×280mm
Author: Cecilia del Castillo Daza

Tiemann Mediaeval, Gebr. Klingspor. [109 p] 170×250mm
Author: Luka Appelberg

Little Woman Reviving Plantin. Jeanne, Marguerite, Martine, Catherine, Madeleine, Harriette, Monotype. [79 p] 125×195mm
Author: Marion Bisserier

A digital revival of Erasmus-Mediaeval, Lettergieterij Amsterdam. [42 p] 130×195mm
Author: Luboslav Boyanov

Ronaldson Old Style, MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. [47 p] 130×190mm
Author: Tina Božan

Mantis Romaansch, Lettergieterij Amsterdam. [117 p] 130×250mm
Author: Céline Jouandet

From Meidoorn to Meikever. An essay on reviving S.H.de Roos’ Meidoorn, Custom type for S.H. de Roos’ private press De Heuvelpers. [83 p] 130×195mm
Author: Kaat Vandenbroeck