Cobra
A cross between a Roman type face and a slug, a type face with blurred letters, inspired by a tropical snake remotely contained in the letter “g”. Or a mere attempt to come up,...
font_designer: František Štorm
Compur
Compur is the name of the most famous photographic shutter of all time. This is a reconstruction of a type face which served for describing various devices, using the technique of monolinear engraving. With...
DynaGrotesk
Has altogether 60 designs, because it was originally produced as a Multiple Master typeface. The entire big family is grouped into eighteen independent, smaller four-design families, of which the user may choose, for example,...
Aichel
Every type face which was originally designed for use in architecture (in this particular case for a UNESCO memorial plaque for a church built by Jan Santini-Aichel on Zelená Hora) is surprisingly well usable...
Alcoholica
The source of inspiration for this design is immediately apparent in its name. It is suitable for texts of drunkards and dubious persons. Likewise it is cut out for posters for theatre pieces by contemporary...
Antique
The concept of the Baroque Roman type face is something which is remote from us. Ungrateful theorists gave Baroque type faces the ill-sounding attribute “Transitional”, as if the Baroque Roman type face wilfully diverted...
Bahnhof
Poster type faces from the twenties and thirties are enjoying a new wave of popularity. The summary, even rather hard principle of the sign is required for a view from a distance. The information appearing...
Pentagraf
For some time, a certain literary magazine in Brno used Pentagramme for text setting. I was sorry that its sharp and tall ascenders impaired the legibility of the otherwise interesting texts. The adjustment of...
Plagwitz
Plagwitz is the name of the part of Leipzig where the Werkstätten and Museum für Buchkunst are to be found, which, in September 2000, hosted the ATypI Congress. During the lecture on Black Letter...
Hercules
Where Modern is too fragile and Century too boring, Hercules comes with its elegant forms and, at the same time, with sufficient firmness to be usable for longer texts. In its heavy, bold designs...