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Janson is an old-style serif typeface inspired by a set of Dutch Baroque typefaces. It is an even, regular design, particularly intended for body text.
Janson is based on surviving designs from Leipzig that were named for Anton Janson (1620–1687), a Leipzig-based printer and punch-cutter from the Netherlands who was believed to have created them. Research in the 1970s and early 1980s, however, concluded that the typeface was the work of Hungarian-Transylvanian priest and punchcutter, Miklós (Nicholas) Tótfalusi Kis (1650–1702)
Janson may refer to any of the following:
Janson is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes. There are alternate Belgian, Dutch, Danish, Latvian, Norwegian and Swedish spellings. Janson is uncommon as a given name. People with the name Janson or its variants include:
- Anton Janson (1620–1687), Dutch printer and typographer after whom the font "Janson" is named
- Charles Auguste Marie Joseph, Comte de Forbin-Janson (1785–1844), French Bishop of Nancy and Toul, and founder of the Association of the Holy Childhood
- Ciara Janson (born 1987), English actress
- David Janson (born 1950), English actor and father of Ciara Janson
- Ernest A. Janson (1878–1930), highly decorated United States Marine of World War I
- H. W. Janson (1913–1982), American art historian
- Horst Janson (actor), German film and television actor
- Klaus Janson (born 1952), American comic book artist
- Marie Janson (1873–1960), Belgian politician and first woman to serve in the Belgian Senate; sister of Paul-Émile Janson
- Oscar Janson (born 1975), Swedish athlete
- Paul Janson (1840–1913), Belgian liberal politician; father of Paul-Émile Janson and Marie Janson
- Paul-Émile Janson (1872–1944), Belgian liberal politician, brother of Marie Janson
- Svante Janson, Swedish mathematician
- Mariss Jansons (born 1943), Latvian conductor
Janson is a Charleroi Metro station, located in downtown Charleroi, in fare zone 1. It is an underground station featuring a central platform, with street access at both ends.
Interior decoration, designed by architect Jean Yernaux, is themed around the Belgian comics characters from Dupuis Publishing, a well-known Belgian comics publishing company based in Marcinelle (part of the Charleroi municipality).
The station and the nearby Paul Janson Boulevard are named after Belgian politician Paul Janson.