Vandertak immortalizes a piece of Dutch cultural heritage in typographic form. In 2013, Pieter digitized the capitals spelling out “Holland Amerika Lijn” on the facade of the famous Hotel New York in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The lettering was commissioned in 1916 by Christiaan Bonifacius van der Tak, who worked on the extension of the Holland Amerika Lijn building. At first glance, it seems as if the typeface has a reversed contrast. But this is not the case. Because the original lettering was applied so high on the building, the horizontals were made heavier to avoid having them look too thin when viewed from the ground level. These optical corrections give Vandertak its recognizable appearance. Vandertak comes in seven styles and supports Latin Extended and Cyrillic. See the PDF specimen for the complete character set and OpenType feature overviews. The in-use image was designed by Dirk Uhlenbrock. (Thanks!)