Several revivals bearing Anton Janson’s and Miklós Kis’ names*
have been released by various foundries. Uses are tagged with this
generic entry unless a specific revival is confirmed (see Related
Typefaces).
*) “The Hungarian punchcutter Miklós Kis designed and cut this
typeface in about 1685 while working in Amsterdam. It was not cut
by Anton Janson, a Dutch punchcutter who worked in Leipzig in the
seventeenth century. For many years this typeface was wrongly
attributed to Janson, and the font still erroneously bears his
name.” — Linotype
In the mid-1950s, Adrian Frutiger, Ladislas Mandel et al. drew a
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Several revivals bearing Anton Janson’s and Miklós Kis’ names* have been released by various foundries. Uses are tagged with this generic entry unless a specific revival is confirmed (see Related Typefaces).
*) “The Hungarian punchcutter Miklós Kis designed and cut this typeface in about 1685 while working in Amsterdam. It was not cut by Anton Janson, a Dutch punchcutter who worked in Leipzig in the seventeenth century. For many years this typeface was wrongly attributed to Janson, and the font still erroneously bears his name.” — Linotype
In the mid-1950s, Adrian Frutiger, Ladislas Mandel et al. drew a version of Janson, among other classics, for Deberny & Peignot’s Lumitype. The family spanning two weights plus italics was released not before 1957. [Osterer & Stamm]
