Gerrit Willem Ovink
Geritt Willem Ovink, (1912 - 1984) was a Dutch professor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art, and legibility researcher. 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 Geritt 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. External links 

 Legibility, atmosphere-value and forms of printing types (Doctoral dissertion by Ovink)
 1983 Gerrit Willem Ovink

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Typographers and type designers
1912 births
1984 deaths
German graphic designers