::: Typefaces in use :::
Some more examples of my typefaces in use can be found on my website TypeTogether.
::: Maiola in Slanted :::
The German magazine Slanted published recently its 5th issue, the "Antiqua-boom".
Antiqua in German refers to a serif typeface. Maiola
was selected to be one of the examples of new, contemporary serif typefaces.
::: Maiola in Russian Gala :::
Maiola
is used throughout the newly designed Russian magazine Gala both in headlines and text.
Bartos Kersten is responsible for the new typographically elegant look.
::: Karmina wins at EDAwards :::
Our newly released typeface Karmina has received a merit in the
original-typeface category of the European Design Awards competition.
It is part of a recently founded pan-european design conference and publication promoting European design.
::: Ronnia in the Irish Times :::
Ronnia was selected by the Irish Times for the typesetting of
The Ticket, a weekly entertainment magazine that is published with the newspaper. The design firm Palmer Watson Ltd. was responsible for the original design of The Ticket,
which uses all ten weights of Ronnia at different sizes, from headlines to small texts. To see some examples, click.
::: Made with FontFont :::
Fontshop published recently the book "Made with FontFont" showcasing many well-known and new typefaces together with revamped articles about varies type-related subjects. It's a real treasure,
well written and edited by Jan Middendorp and Erik Spiekermann.
Maiola is
shown on a double paged specimen designed by Tiffany Wardle. Many thanks to her and the editors.
To see some images go to HD Blog.
::: Maiola Vignette :::
Jon Coltz who is running the blog Daidala created this beautiful vignette with my typeface
Maiola.
::: type-together.com :::
The idea of typetogether
developed already some time before it actually came into action at the end of 2005.
Holiday breaks are the best time to reflect upon ideas one drags along for months. So finally Jose Scaglione and me got around
to think seriously about creating a rather open-minded and relaxed platform
for publishing our fonts and create an opportunity to work on new type projects together.
Apart from offering high quality typefaces off-the-shelf, we also provide a custom design service for clients who wish something more unique.
At the moment we are in the phase of tieing up all loose ends, so our foundry will be able to operate fully by the summer.
::: Royal Library :::
I was invited by A4,
a design studio, to give a talk about my typefaces in Stockholm at the Royal Library. I was thrilled to be approached, but at the same time I felt a bit scared.
Anyway, the first moment of fear passed and now I am happy to address a new group of people in Sweden. To make the talk more interesting, I want to include some background
on the hisory of Czech typefaces in general. Here a pic from the event together with Martin Majoor.
::: Interrobang :::
A friend of mine asked me to design a sign called Interrobang
for an article he was writing in the design magazine grafik. It is a very peculiar punctuation mark, suggested by
Martin K. Speckter in 1962, but never really hit the market. As a ligature between exclamation and question mark, it is supposed to illustrate a suprised or excited question.
As with all liguatures one faces problems in shape when it comes to ExtraBold or Heavy. Nevertheless it was interesting to meet this challenge of creating a new visual symbol.
::: Ronnia :::
I started working on Ronnia again. My meditation helps to generate some enthusiam for a Sans. The plan is to finish off the main weights and do a more extended
version, since the original is rather condensed. Unfortunately there is still plenty of work. Uf!f
::: Typosphere :::
I was asked to contribute Maiola to a new book by the Spanish publisher maomao about typography and new type designs. It is supposed to come out in
spring 2006. It is a collaboration with Harper Collins in UK. Very nice indeed!!!!
::: PAGE :::
The German magazine PAGE is publishing a brief article that I wrote
about typography on banknotes based on my talk at the Temporary Type Conference in London at StBride Institute. They needed some kind of catchy hanger,
so we took the competition for design of the new Swiss banknotes as reason to write about this topic. Although being slightly nervous writing in German,
it worked out pretty well and was a pleasant stimulation and break from type design.
::: Creative Review Competition :::
The English Graphic Design magazine Creative Review organised for the
first time a Type Design Competition. Maiola and Dream where two of the lucky draws. There will be a special issue in January
showing the winning entries. HURRRRAAAAAA!
::: Article CZ :::
The Czech magazine about typography Polygrafia will publish a feature on Maiola in February 2006. That might help get some Czech designers interested in Maiola.
::: DaMa fonts :::
In the past two years at DaltonMaag I have designed several custom fonts. Some of them are shown on our studio website, such as
Winterthur and
The National Lottery. This is though only a fraction of the work I have been doing.
I am pretty happy with these two.
::: Free copy :::
Fontshop Germany gives away a free copy of Maiola Bold for about 3 months.
So hurry up and get one,
to play around with.
::: Temporary type :::
In October I am supposed to talk at the annual StBride Library conference.
This talk intends to explore the typographic microcosm of banknotes and to give some background information on
the more practical and legal aspects of the design. The comparison between several banknotes is supposed to give some insight into the nationally different solutions
to the same design problem. Besides that, the talk should also cover a brief view on the historical development of money and its use.
::: Maiola release :::
Finally FontShop released my font
Maiola.
It is available as Opentype, Postscript Win and Mac and Win Truetype. The family contains Regular, Italic, Bold and Bolditalic
with Small Caps, ligatures, lining and old-style figures. It also includes Cyrillic and monotonic Greek. The polytonic version should
follow soon. For three month a free copy of Maiola Regular will be available to give opportunity to play around with the font. Honestly,
I am very happy about this.[more]
::: Logotype competition :::
Have you ever heard about the True Food Coop? Well, it's run by some enthusiasts promoting healthy organic food
from local producers. Every week they organise several sales meetings in different community and art centers in
Reading, a town close to London.
Everything is organic for a very reasonable price. Organic does not need to be expensive.
Recently there was a call to design a new Logo for the Coop and I won it with this
[proposal]
::: Lettering :::
One of my best friends married and I wanted some special present for her, something
personal handmade. Since I am dealing with letters and such, I designed a logotype
for NORA and her husband, OLI. It was then printed on two t-shirts, one red for her and
the yellow one for him.
[bigger]
::: Logotype :::
I was asked to refine a logotype for the company You and Me. Only a very rough sketch of the basic idea existed that
served me as guideline. Important was to show the connection between YOU and ME and to have a friendly impact.
[logotype]
::: DaMa new website launch :::
The typedesign studio DaltonMaag, I am working with, has launched a new website. Additionally to our core
business, custom typedesign, we are selling exclusive DaMa fonts plus the Linotype Library. The website has still some flaws, but we are working on it.
It is all handmade hardcore html, so please be forgiving. The layout is rather simple and therefore fast. All the type samples are made on the fly and are
easily updatable. Find out more [...]
::: publication :::
Maiola was used for the first time as body copy in the book-let We Want You To Love Type
published by typotheque.
It is the catalogue accompaning the e-a-t exhibition in TheHague. Johanna used the bold version, perhaps due to
her dutch influence prefering dark typefaces. Honestly, I was excited to see my 'baby' printed in off-set for the
first time. And, what shall I say, it works pretty well, even in the 9pt she set it in.
Something to be happy about! It is also available through the international book seller
Nijhof and Lee.
::: e-a-t :::
Johanna Balusikova asked me to join the exhibition e-a-t,
that will be on display in The Hague at the Royal Academy of Arts from the 11th February until 2nd March. It toured already
in Prague and Brno and will be on show in Bratislava, Barcelona, London etc. The exhibition intends to present
the typographic work of known (i.e. Zuzanna Licko, Frantisek Storm) and yet undiscovered designers from the
Czech Republic and Slovakia. Read more on their website [...]
::: Maiola at FontShop :::
Finally, after many nights and weekends working on my typeface Maiola I have submitted it to FontShop where it will
be published this spring 2005. The font family includes four weights, Cyrillic, Greek, SmallCaps and other OpenType
features. Since I was avoinding my computer in the last few weeks, I haven't managed to update neither the specimen nor
some sample showings on this website yet. Promise, I will asap!
::: Essay published at TypeCulture :::
Mark Jamra was so kind to include my essay on Oldrich Menhart into his web site
TypeCulture
that is quite a vast collection of articles, links and other resources in addition to his own typefaces.