Dutch type designer and graphic designer (born 1960)
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Martin Majoor
Majoor in 2018
Born
(1960-10-14) 14 October 1960 (age 63)
Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
Education
Academy of Fine Arts, Arnhem, Netherlands (1980 to 1986)
Known for
Type design
graphic design
Notable work
FF Scala (1991)
FF Scala Sans (1993)
Telefont (1994)
FF Seria (2000)
FF Nexus (2004)
Questa (2014)
Website
martinmajoor.com
Martin Majoor (born 14 October 1960)[1][failed verification] is a Dutch type designer and graphic designer.[2] As of 2006, he had worked since 1997 in both Arnhem, Netherlands, and Warsaw, Poland.[3]
^"Martin Majoor". MyFonts. Woburn, Massachusetts: Monotype Imaging. Archived from the original on 20 October 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^Majoor, Martin (18 November 2017). Reynolds, Dan (ed.). "Martin Majoor". Creative Characters (Interview). Woburn, Massachusetts: Monotype Imaging. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
^Macmillan, Neil (2006). An A–Z of type designers. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-11150-9.
MartinMajoor (born 14 October 1960)[failed verification] is a Dutch type designer and graphic designer. As of 2006, he had worked since 1997 in both...
is an old-style serif typeface designed by Dutch typeface designer MartinMajoor in 1991 for the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, the Netherlands...
Dutch designer MartinMajoor in 1993 for the Vredenburg Music Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It was designed as a companion to Majoor's earlier serif...
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appropriate to the aesthetic of sans-serifs than italics. In contrast, MartinMajoor has argued that obliques do not contrast enough from the regular style...
Manchester, England FF Scala (1990), a typeface by MartinMajoor FF Scala Sans (1993), a typeface by MartinMajoor Scala (programming language), a functional/object-oriented...
including Erik Spiekermann and MartinMajoor, both of whom have criticised the design for its omnipresence and overuse. Majoor has described Helvetica as...
Neo-grotesque San Francisco Class: Neo-grotesque FF Scala Sans Designer: MartinMajoor Class: Humanist Segoe UI Designer: Steve Matteson Class: Humanist Selawik...
obliques as more appropriate for the aesthetic of sans-serif fonts, while MartinMajoor has supported the use of true italics. Some computer programs handling...
comprising FF Meta (sans), FF Meta Serif and FF Meta Headline FF Nexus by MartinMajoor, comprising FF Nexus Sans, FF Nexus Serif, FF Nexus Mix and FF Nexus...
such as Peter Biľak, Evert Bloemsma, Erik van Blokland, Neville Brody, MartinMajoor, Albert-Jan Pool, Hans Reichel, Just van Rossum, Fred Smeijers, and...
and patience anymore." From a different perspective, type designer MartinMajoor commented that he preferred the italic but described Linotype Univers...
Zuzana Licko John Lloyd Herb Lubalin Ellen Lupton John Maeda O'Plérou MartinMajoor Aldus Manutius Oscar Mariné Bruce Mau Katherine McCoy Dave McKean Philip...
elusive quality that gives it a friendlier feel". Dutch font designer MartinMajoor, while praising Univers for its "almost scientific" range of weights...
Museo and Calluna families and the Questa family in collaboration with MartinMajoor. "Meet Jos Buivenga: The Designer of the Museo Font". Web Designer Depot...
theatre. It has since been used by other serif font designers such as MartinMajoor and Cyrus Highsmith. Jonathan Hoefler comments on Hingham that it contains...
Enschedé, and has been of interest to more recent Dutch designers such as MartinMajoor. An extensive review of van Krimpen's work is type designer Walter Tracy's...
media tycoon, lives in Baarn Yorick van Wageningen (born 1964), actor MartinMajoor (born 1960), type designer and graphic designer Marlayne (born 1971)...
Retrieved 11 June 2016. Majoor, Martin. "My type design philosophy". MartinMajoor Type Design. Retrieved 12 June 2016. Majoor, Martin (Spring 2007). "Inclined...
during the final exam period. Fons Bemelmans Jan Elburg[citation needed] MartinMajoor Q.S. Serafijn Jan Sierhuis[citation needed] Henk Trumpie Gerard Unger...
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