Christophe Plantin of France

Born: Saint Avertin, near Tours, 1514
Died: Antwerp, 1589

Christopher Plantin

French printer active in Antwerp 1555 to 1580, secret Protestant and leading Catholic publisher of the Counter-Reformation; he directed van den Keere in the production of new roman styles. His press, the Officina Plantiniana, survives in its entirety as the Plantin-Moretus Museum, sold to the City of Antwerp in 1876. Its unmatched collection of 16th century typefaces in punches, matrices and type is a haven for type historians and revivers of old type designs.

Unfortunately the typeface named after him is not a serious revival of Plantin’s work.

Activities

  Typography
  Company Boss
  Printing
  Publishing
  Bookbinding

Related Links

 • BoyBeaver: Christophe Plantin
 • Britannica: Plantin, Christophe
 • Frommer's: The Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp
 • Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp
 • The Catholic Encyclopedia: Christophe Plantin
 • U&lc: The Plantin-Moretus Museum on CD, review by Kathleen Tinkel
 • Infoplease: Christophe Plantin

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