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Albert-Jan Pool

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InfoType, DTL HEIN GAS and HEM Headline corporate typefaces. In 2010 he extended his typeface family FF DIN with FF DIN Round and wrote ‘Digital Block Letters’ a small brochure on the history of round sans serif typefaces and the development of FF DIN Round, which was published by FontShop
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Together with type-consultant Stefan Rögener and copywriter Ursula Packhäuser, he wrote and designed a book on the effects of typefaces on brand image entitled ‘Branding with Type’, which has been published by Adobe Press in 1995.
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In 2011, the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) decided to extend its collection of applied arts by digital typefaces. Typeface FF DIN was amongst the first set of 23 typefaces which were collected by MoMa.
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In 1999, Pool co-founded the design agency FarbTon Konzept + Design. During his time with FarbTon he created the Regenbogen Bold typeface as well as DTL HeinGas Headline. He left FarbTon at the end of 2005.
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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.
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By January 2006 he started publishing his findings on the history of the German standard typefaces as defined in
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Introduction on the website EmotionalDigital to article on Albert-Jan Pool in the book with the same title
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starting in 1995, as well as typography at the HAMM Hanseatische Akademie für Marketing und Medien (
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Digital Block Letters, a brochure on round sans serif typefaces and FF DIN Round by Albert-Jan Pool
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DIN for All: From the Economic Miracle to Art and Vernacular Typography – FF DIN: New at the Start
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After his study, he moved to Germany. From 1987 to 1991, he was Type Director at
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and FF OCR-F were among his first typeface design projects. He also created the
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How German is the DIN typeface? – Fahren, fahren, fahren at the Autobahn
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The Constructivist Connection – DIN, Bauhaus and the New Typography
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Industrial Archeology – DIN, the first German Corporate Typeface?
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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Special in Encore Magazine: Interview with Albert-Jan Pool
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Biography of Albert-Jan Pool in German at typografie.info
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By January 1995, he started his own studio Dutch Design.
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Biography of Albert-Jan Pool in English at FontFont.com
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