Janson
| Category | Serif |
|---|---|
| Classification | Old-style |
| Designer(s) | Miklós Tótfalusi Kis Chauncey H. Griffith |
| Foundry | Linotype |
| Date created | 1937 |
| Design based on | Nicholas Kis' Roman of 1685 |
Janson is the name given to a set of old-style serif typefaces from the Dutch Baroque period, and modern revivals from the twentieth century. Janson is a crisp, relatively high-contrast serif design, most popular for body text.
Janson is based on surviving matrices from Leipzig that were named for Anton Janson (1620–1687), a Leipzig-based printer and punch-cutter from the Netherlands who was believed to have created them. In 1954 Harry Carter and George Buday published an essay asserting that the designer of the Janson typeface was in fact a Hungarian-Transylvanian schoolmaster and punchcutter, Miklós (Nicholas) Tótfalusi Kis (1650–1702).