Dear Lurker,
You hit on my favorite subject. There are a few good books on the work of Jan van Krimpen. I had the priviledge of going to Johannes Enschede & Zon(s) in Haalem. I saw some of his original work with the firm. Sem Hartz was alive then and he worked with van Krimpen in the development of type that came out in Monotype form. His most grandeous project was the Cancellersca Bastarda with over 250 characters. I'm sorry that htis face was never digitized. I reproduced it in a photolettering font over 40 years ago. Van Krimpen was also a prolific writer on letter design.

If you want to own a printed "original" Van Krimpen, his stamps are inexpensive:
http://www.jaysmith.com/Specials/World/World-Europe-Netherlands-Stamps.html
Scroll down to the "number plus calligraphic scroll-work knocked out of a bright solid colour".

His most grandeous project was the Cancellersca Bastarda with over 250 characters. I’m sorry that htis face was never digitized.
You will be pleased to hear that Cancelleresca Bastarda is actually in the process of being digitised for TEFF. I am a big admirer of Jan van Krimpen's work too, and CB is indeed one of his finest. I have examined the original drawings, type specimens and punches myself, only to find a world of differences (naturally). Paul Rädisch, the punchcutter who cut almost all of Van Krimpen's typefaces, was a very skilled man and I think he has been praised too little for this. It was him who actually made the typefaces work.

Back to the subject, other notable books about Van Krimpen's work are:
- About Designing and Devising Type, written by JvK himself
- Adieu Esthetica, written by various authors for a JvK exhibition in The Hague

'The Work of Jan van Krimpen', by John Dreyfus is a must, as well as 'About Design and Devising Type,' mentioned above. If the second is the book I remember seeing, the two are among the most beautiful books I have ever seen. I think both are letter press, I suspect with a lot of foundry type, so you get to see the optical sizing accomplished by punch cutter Paul Rädisch.

Paul are you doing the digital Cancelleresca Bastarda? I am also curious about the Romulus revival. There is an extensive PDF of it on the DTL site, but it still doesn't seem to be for sale. I still think that for Romulus to be practical, it needs to be mated to an appropriate JvK italic, weight adjusted. This would be in addition to, or maybe even replacing the not so successful sloped roman that DTL has digitized.

FWIW,
Dutch Type is free at Google.

How much is a live link?

Tim

Dutch Type

William,

Paul are you doing the digital Cancelleresca Bastarda?
Yes, I do. Although I haven't been able to work much on it recently.

Paul
Don't give up on CB. It took me 2 years to work on 3 versions before I made the film font. I was fortunate to have 3 sizes in my type cases as a reference.