Grafotechna (Grafotechna n. p., Závod 5, Výroba písma, mosazných linek a matric) was a Czechoslovak type foundry, created in 1951. It ceased to exist after 1990. It was the only manufacturer of metal types in the former Czechoslovakia.
| Company type | Aktiengesellschaft |
|---|---|
| Industry | Type foundry |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Defunct | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
Among other things, it manufactured fonts designed by Czech type designers Oldřich Menhart and Josef Týfa.
Typefaces
editThese foundry types were produced by Grafotechna:[1]
- Brno Z (1951, Jan Rambousek)
- Ceska Unciala (1945, Oldřich Menhart)
- Drynkov (K. Drynkov)
- Empiriana (1920)[2]
- Figural (Oldřich Menhart)
- Garamond (1959, Stanislav Marso)
- Kalab (Method Kalab)
- Kolektiv (1952, S. Duda, K. Misek, Josef Týfa)
- Manuscript (1944-50, Oldřich Menhart)
- Menhart (1938, Oldřich Menhart), originally Monotype, later Grafotechna.
- Monument (1950-52, Oldřich Menhart)
- Tyfa (1959, Josef Týfa)
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983, ISBN 0-7137-1347-X, p. 2408-249
- ^ Jaspert (p.83) gives the date of 1920 for this type despite the foundry only coming into existence more than twenty years later. Perhaps this is a legacy type from one of the absorbed foundries.
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