Vandertak
Vandertak is a sans-serif typeface published by CakeType in 2023, designed by Pieter van Rosmalen, Barbara Bigosińska and Aleksandra Samuļenkova. It comes in 7 weights. It is one of 11 typefaces from CakeType in the Type.lol catalog, 4 of them sans-serif.
From the foundry
Vandertak immortalizes Dutch cultural heritage in typographic form. In 2013, Pieter digitized the capitals spelling 'Holland Amerika Lijn' on the facade of Hotel New York in Rotterdam. The lettering was commissioned circa 1916 by Christiaan Bonifacius van der Tak. The typeface's distinctive appearance comes from optical corrections: horizontals were made heavier to appear correctly from ground level, creating a reverse-contrast illusion.
Published by CakeType
Typeface on the foundry website
- Classification
- sans
- Weights
- Regular, Soft, Inline, Outline, Rough, Stencil, Stencil Applied
- Released
- 2023