Jovica Veljović

{{short description|Serbian type designer and calligrapher (born 1954)}}

Jovica Veljović ({{IPA|sh|̩ˌjôʋit͜sa ˈʋêːʎoʋit͜ɕ|pron}}; born 1954) is a Serbian type designer and calligrapher. He is professor for type design at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.{{cite web|title=Jovica Veljović interview|url=https://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/201602.html|website=MyFonts|accessdate=7 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Professor für Type Design und Typografie|url=http://vorlesungsverzeichnis.design.haw-hamburg.de/person/jovica-veljovic/|publisher=Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg|accessdate=7 August 2016}}

In 1985, Veljović was awarded the Prix Charles Peignot, an infrequently awarded prize for type design.{{cite web|title=Prix Charles Peignot|url=https://www.atypi.org/about-us/prix-charles-peignot|publisher=Association Typographique Internationale|accessdate=7 August 2016}}

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His designs include ITC Veljović and Espirit for ITC, Sava, Silentium and Ex Ponto for Adobe, and Libelle, Veljović Script and Agmena for Linotype.{{cite web|last1=Haley|first1=Allan|title=Agmena, a new book type from Jovica Veljovic|url=http://blog.fonts.com/2012/11/agmena-a-new-book-type-from-jovica-veljovic/|website=fonts.com|publisher=Monotype|accessdate=22 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=Agmena|url=https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/agmena/|website=MyFonts|publisher=Linotype|accessdate=22 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=Interview with Jovica Veljović|url=http://www.linotype.com/769-33098/interview.html|publisher=Linotype|accessdate=22 September 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Shaw|first1=Paul|author-link=Paul Shaw (design historian)|title=Agmena Marks the Triumphant Return of Jovica Veljovic to the Realm of Text Typefaces|url=http://www.printmag.com/imprint/agmena-by-jovica-veljovic/|website=Print magazine|accessdate=22 September 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060302/http://www.printmag.com/imprint/agmena-by-jovica-veljovic/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last1=Jamra & Berkson|title=Agmena (Typographica review)|url=http://typographica.org/typeface-reviews/agmena/|website=Typographica|accessdate=22 September 2015}} He also has worked as a consultant to URW.{{cite book|author=Dr. Peter Karow|title=Font Technology: Methods and Tools|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5MeoCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-78505-4|page=6}}