Luc(as) de Groot
Lucas de Groot (born 21 June 1963 in Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands), known professionally as Luc(as) de Groot,[1] is a Dutch type designer. He is the head of the type foundry Fontfabrik, also trading as LucasFonts.[2]
He is mostly known for the very large font family Thesis (TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix, TheSansMono and later TheAntiqua), Calibri, the longtime default font with Microsoft Office, and Consolas.[3]
De Groot has also designed various custom fonts for particular clients: Corpid (previously AgroSans) for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture; SunSans for Sun Microsystems; SpiegelSans and Taz for, respectively, the German magazines Der Spiegel[3] and die tageszeitung; and FolhaSerif for the Brazilian newspaper Folha. Some of these have since become publicly available.[4]
De Groot teaches at the Design Faculty of the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany.
Fonts designed by Lucas
- Calibri
- TAZ for the newspaper die Tageszeitung
- Thesis
- Consolas
- FolhaSerif
- SunSans
Notes
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Garfield, Simon. Just My Type: A book about fonts. p. 329. Profile Books (UK), Gotham Books (US), 2010, pp.328-331. ISBN 978-1-59240-652-4.
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References
- Middendorp, Jan. Dutch Type. 010 Publishers, 2004. ISBN 978-90-6450-460-0.
External links
- Lucas de Groot home page
- LucasFonts Lucas de Groot's design bureau.
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