Fred Smeijers (the designer of Renard) is a Dutch graphic and typographic designer, who specializes in typographic research and development for product manufacturers. His theories on punchcutting and type design are expounded in his book: Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now, London, Hyphen Press, 1996. His other typedesigns include FF Quadraat and FF Quadraat Sans released by FontShop.