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Vojtech Preissig

Czech expressionist type designer from Svetec u Biliny, Bohemia, b. 1873. He died in Dachau in 1944. Preissig is representative of the Czech cubist period, 1910-1925. His only book typeface, Preissig Antikva, was cast in 1925 at the Czech State Printing Office foundry in Prague, where he had returned to settle in 1930. This lively angular typeface had a hand-drawn poster-look feel. It was a milestone in Czech type design and served as inspiration for later developments, including typefaces by Menhart, Ruzicka, and Tyfa.

Preissig Antikva was the basis of several digitizations:

• At P22, we find Preissig Roman, Preissig Scrape, Preissig Lino, and Preissig Extras, done in 1997 [P22 Preissig Scrape was digitized in 1997 from samples of an alphabet designed and hand cut by Vojtech Preissig in 1914 for a book project that was never completed].
• At Storm Type Foundry, we have Preissig Antikva and Ornaments (1998-2012), and Preissig 1918 by Frantisek Storm and Ottokar Karlas.
• Alexander White created the revivals Preissig Antikva and Preissig Italika in 2000.

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