Jacques François Rosart

Jacques François Rosart (1714, Namur – 26 May 1777) was a punchcutter, engraver and founder of metal type from modern Belgium.

[1] Rosart operated a successful type foundry in Brussels after arriving in the city in 1759, and before that worked in Haarlem.

[2] His typefaces were in the "transitional" style, and he also made script typefaces, which he called a Financière style, music typefaces and shadowed capitals.

[3][2] Digital typefaces based on Rosart's work have been published.

[4][5][6][7] Rosart's type specimens:

Portrait by Cornelis van Noorde