# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christoffel-van-dijck
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:03:49.424Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christoffel-van-dijck"
name: "Christoffel van Dijck"
slug: "christoffel-van-dijck"
description: "Christoffel van Dijck was a German-born Dutch punchcutter and typefounder, who cut punches and operated a foundry for casting metal type. Van Dijck's type was widely used at a time when Amsterdam had become a major centre of world printing."
tagline: "Dutch type designer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Christoffel_van_Dijck_Ascendonica_Romein.jpg/330px-Christoffel_van_Dijck_Ascendonica_Romein.jpg"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1605"
deathDate: "1669"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.2
  momentum:             4.214285714285714
  historical:           5.005148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_van_Dijck"
    title: "Christoffel van Dijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_van_Dijck"
    title: "Christoffel van Dijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_van_Dijck"
    title: "Christoffel van Dijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_van_Dijck"
    title: "Christoffel van Dijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoffel_van_Dijck"
    title: "Christoffel van Dijck"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1084376"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump