Christoffel van Dijck

Four types by van Dijck in the Enschedé specimen of 1768: Ascendonica and Kleine Augustyn roman, Mediaan italic and Augustyn blackletter.

Christoffel van Dijck (c. 1600-5, Dexheim – November 1669, Amsterdam) was a German-born Dutch punchcutter and typefounder, who cut punches and operated a foundry for casting metal type. Van Dijck's type was widely used at a time when Amsterdam had become a major centre of world printing.

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