Kompressor
Another brutal techno-style type face; it matches with Modell. Both of them can be stretched and inclined electronically and they do not mind a bit. Their use, it must be admitted, is limited to...
font_foundry: Storm
Lexon Gothic
Lexon Gothic is a typical newspaper, dictionary and magazine type face. It is also very suitable for children’s books and posters. The large x-height, condensed shapes and darker colour of the basic design guarantee...
Libcziowes
The spectacular Libceves gravestone dating from 1591 is completely – from top to bottom, from one side to theother – covered with lettering. It attests to the fact that in Bohemia, thirty years after Garamond’s...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Staromat
Staromat, Starletograph or Starsettograph were phototypesetting machines produced by Film-Klischee GmbH in Munich around 1975. I own one of them including numerous accessories and type matrices. All pieces bear a typical Staromat logo which...