El Balduina now in a font shop near you!

As a designer of book covers for the Fondo de Cultura Económica and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) his work for the UNESCO spans more than 50 titles.
Typographers of the Círculo de Tipógrafos have converted Ietswaart's unique letter designs into a series of digital fonts. As each cover contains only a limited number of characters, Ietswaart, now 72, was actively involved in the 'reconstruction' of an alphabet that never existed. He made suggestions about the letter designs send to him by email as pdf, and sent a print back to Mexico by mail. The result of this artistic cooperation is now available to all who wish to combine a highly original approach to classic lettering with a retro look and feel.

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