Grafotechna Explained

Grafotechna
Type:	Aktiengesellschaft
Foundation:	1951
Defunct:	1990
Location:	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Industry:	Type foundry

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:^[1]

External links

• "Manuscript" font by Oldřich Menhart, 1946. Released in Czechoslovakia by Grafotechna
• Czechoslovak Typography
• History of Grafotechna (in Czech)

Notes and References

1. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983,, p. 2408-249