Gerrit Willem Ovink
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Born22 October 1912
Died4 February 1984 (aged 71)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
KnownforGraphic design
Geritt Willem Ovink | |
|---|---|
 G.W. Ovink (1983) | |
| Born | 22 October 1912 |
| Died | 4 February 1984 (aged 71) Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Known for | Graphic design |
Geritt Willem Ovink, (1912 - 1984) was a Dutch professor of History and Aesthetics of Printing Art, and legibility researcher.[1] He was a laudator of the second Gutenberg Prize winner Henri Friedlaender.[2]
Ovinik focused on the readability of modern pamphlets, and ventured with the re-casting of old writings of the 19th century, a "typographic revolution".[2]
