Albert-Jan Pool

Albert-Jan Pool

Albert-Jan Pool (born 1960 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch type designer. He studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague.

After his study he left for Germany. From 1987 to 1991 he was Type Director at Scangraphic in Wedel, near Hamburg. From 1991 to 1994 he was Manager of Type Design and Production at URW. During this time he completed his type families URW Imperial, URW Linear and URW Mauritius.

By January 1995 he started his own studio Dutch Design. FF DIN and FF OCR-F were among his first projects. He also created the Jet Set Sans, C&A InfoType, DTL HEIN GAS corporate typefaces.

In 1999 Albert-Jan Pool co-founded FarbTon Konzept + Design. During this time he created the Regenbogen Bold typeface as well as DTL HeinGas Headline. He left FarbTon at the end of 2005.

Since January 2006 he started publishing his findings on the history of the German standard typefaces as defined in DIN 1451

He has been teaching type design at the as well as typography at the HAMM Hanseatische Akademie für Marketing und Medien (Hanseatic Academy for Marketing and Media) from 1996 to 1999. In 2006 he also took up these jobs again.

The history of the design of a contemporary typeface

He has written a series of articles about the origins of the DIN typeface, published in the e-magazine 'Encore', issues 13-15, 17-18.

* [http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=13&page=32 Industrial Archeology – DIN, the first German Corporate Typeface? ]
* [http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=14&page=12 The Constructivist Connection – DIN, Bauhaus and the New Typography ]
* [http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=15&page=76 Siemens sets a Standard – DIN 1451 on its way up ]
* [http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=17&page=10 DIN for All: From the Economic Miracle to Art and Vernacular Typography – FF DIN: New at the Start]
* [http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=18&page=14 How German is the DIN typeface? – Fahren, fahren, fahren at the Autobahn]

External links

* http://www.identifont.com/show?117
* http://www.emodigi.de/emodigi_site/dutch%20design/dutchdes.html
* http://www.typografie.info/typowiki/index.php?title=Albert_Pool
* [http://www.magwerk.com/mag.php?magazine=encore&language=en&issue=19&page=12 Encore; Special: Interview with Albert-Jan Pool]


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