Prof. Luc(as) de Groot

Professor for Type Design

Unit

Phone

+49 331 580-4433

Location

House D

Room

103

Office hours

Wednesday by arrangement

Main fields of activity (research, teaching)

Practice up to date

born 1963 in Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
1988 High school, Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten, interpolation theory
1989 - 1993 Designer at BRS Premsela Vonk in Amsterdam
1992 - 1893 Teacher in Den Bosch, freelance writer for computer graphics magazine
1993 - 1997 Designer, typographic director at MetaDesign Berlin
1996 Berlin Weissensee, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam
1997 Founded FontFabrik in Berlin, Professor at Fachhochschule Berlin
2000 Founded LucasFonts retail brand
since 1994 Type related lectures and seminars worldwide

various articles in magazines
Thesis, TheSans, TheSerif, TheMix, (1994 FSI, 2000 LucasFonts)
Nebulae, JesusLovesYou, MoveMeMM (1995 FSI)
Thesis Basics, Mono, Office (96-99 FSI, 2000 LucasFonts)
Agro, Corpid, (1997 Dutch agricultural ministry, 1999, 2002, LucasFonts)
SunSans (1998 Sun Microsystems, 2000 LucasFonts)
TheAntiqua Sun, B, and E (1999, 2001 LucasFonts)
Taz, TazText (1999 Die Tageszeitung, 2002 LucasFonts)
SpiegelSans (1998 Der Spiegel, 2000 LucasFonts)
FolhaSerif (1994 Folha de S.Paulo, 1999 LucasFonts)
Floris (2002 LeMonde, 2002/2003 LucasFonts)