Grafotechna
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|foundation = 1951
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|defunct = 1990
|location = Prague, Czechoslovakia
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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.
Among other things, it manufactured fonts designed by Czech type designers Oldřich Menhart and Josef Týfa.
Typefaces
These foundry types were produced by Grafotechna: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
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- Brno Z (1951, Jan Rambousek)
- Ceska Unciala (1945, Oldřich Menhart)
- Drynkov (K. Drynkov)
- Empiriana (1920)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.
- 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)
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External links
- [http://diacritics.typo.cz/view_image.php?id=47 "Manuscript" font by Oldřich Menhart, 1946. Released in Czechoslovakia by Grafotechna]
- [http://www.typotheque.com/articles/czechoslovak_typography/ Czechoslovak Typography]
- [http://istrategie.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=289261 History of Grafotechna (in Czech)]{{Dead link|date=December 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
References
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Category:Letterpress font foundries
Category:Metal companies of the Czech Republic
Category:Manufacturing companies of Czechoslovakia
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Prague
Category:1951 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Category:1990 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1951
Category:Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1990
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