Geritt Willem Ovink (1912 - 1984) was a Dutch professor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art, and legibility researcher.Ovink, G W. “Mode et style dans le caractère typographique.” Communication & langages 6.1 (1970): 54–61. He was a laudator of the second Gutenberg Prize winner Henri Friedlaender.
Ovinik focused on the readability of modern pamphlets, and ventured with the re-casting of old writings of the 19th century, a "typographic revolution".
Prizes and awards In 1983, the Gerrit Willem Ovink received the Gutenberg Prize of the International Gutenberg Society and the City of Mainz for the re-casting of ancient writings (lost advertisements of the 19th century). The typeface Ovink is named after him.
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Legibility, atmosphere-value and forms of printing types (Doctoral dissertion by Ovink) 1983 Gerrit Willem Ovink
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