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Sign: Amsterdam - A sign in the place where the workshop of the letter designer Miklós Tótfalusi Kis


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Spuistraat 210, 1012 VT Amsterdam, Netherlands
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On the sign:
E ház helyen nyilt meg 1685 körül es működött 1689-ig
TÓTFALUSI KIS MIKLÓS (1650-1702)

magyar betűmetsző műhelye. Itt elt és alkotta nevezetes hollandi antikva betőjét. Amszterdamban nyomtatott magyar bibliájának 300-ik évfordulóján emleket megbecsüléssel őrzik holland és magyar tisztelői.

Op de plaats van dit huis was van omstreeks 1685 tot 1689 gevestigd de Hongaarse lettersnijderswerkplaats van
MIKLÓS TÓTFALUSI KIS (1650-1702)
Hier ontwierp en sneed hij zijn beroemde Hollandse antiqua.
Hij verzorgde een herdruk van de Hongaarse bijbel die 300 jaar geleden hier ter stede gedrukt werd.
Nederlanders en Hongaren eren hem door deze herdenking

1985
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The sign is located in the place where the workshop of the Hungarian font designer who printed the Bible in Amsterdam was located for 4-5 years

The building on which the sign is located was photographed by the same photographer on the same day Click for a larger image

The text appears in Hungarian and Dutch

Translation of the text on the sign:
From about 1685 to 1689, the Hungarian letter cutter workshop of
MIKLOS TOTFALUSI KIS (1650-1702)
Here he designed and cut his famous Dutch antiqua.
He provided a reprint of the Hungarian bible that was printed here 300 years ago.
The Dutch and Hungarians honor him through this commemoration

1985



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