Born in Gouda, 1967. Started the LettError virtual type foundry with Just van Rossum, with whom he worked at MetaDesign.
Fame came with the release of Beowolf (co-designed with van Rossum), a font whose ragged edges shift randomly each time you print the font. Another font of his, Kosmik, has a version that flips between three alternates for each character for a more friendly, hand-drawn feel. Most of his fonts are published by FontFont. He is a key developer on the Robofog project with van Rossum and Petr van Blokland. Erik also teaches at the Type and Media postgraduate program at the Royal Academy in the Hague.
Fonts by Erik van Blokland are: FF Beowolf, FF Erikrighthand, FF Kosmik, FF Trixie, FF Zapata.
