Jacques Le Bailly

Jacques Le Bailly did his first commercial type job while studying graphic design at the Royal Art Academy in The Hague. He was asked by typographer Rudo Hartman to digitize drawings of capitals for a special publication. During an exchange semester in Germany, he did an apprenticeship at Linotype GmBH (now Monotype), for whom he has been doing freelance jobs ever since. After finishing his studies, he went to work in Berlin as a graphic designer.

Upon returning to The Netherlands, he started working for The Enschedé Type Foundry as a type designer. Since then, he has also worked as a tutor at the WdKA art academy of Rotterdam and St. Joost Art Academy of Den Bosch. After three years as a senior designer at Studio Bauwinkel, he started his own company, Baron von Fonthausen, in 2009. Now fully focused on type design, he currently works on personal type projects, projects for type foundries like Lineto, Monotype, House Industries, Bold Monday, and custom projects for several branding design agencies.