Marek Pistora

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Marek Pistora Czech type designer. At ATypI 2004 in Prague, he spoke about the history of Czech type. With Frantisek Storm, he created the digital version in 2004 of Metron. MyFonts writes: Metron by Jiri Rathousky is so far the most ambitious typeface made to order in the Czech Republic. Despite the fact that for a number of years it has not been used for the purpose for which it was designed, every inhabitant of Prague is still well aware of its typical features. Metron was commissioned by the Transport Company of the Capital City of Prague in 1970 to be used in the information system of the Prague Metro. Other faces: Spectrum, Reflex BPM (2001), Wafle Two, Wafle Stencil, Dot, Teg, Sutnar, Merkur (published at Suitcase Type Foundry, this typeface was based on letters of a metal toy kit), Plastik, Vitalana, Propag, Vafle (1997, extended in 2006 by Thomas Brousil at Suitcase Type Foundry; the typeface originated from the digitisation of an insignia found on Luftwaffe airplanes, where it originally would have conformed to some Deutsche Industrie-Norm. They write: Vafle is soulless, purely utilitarian, plain. Two versions were created---Vafle round and angular), Recorder, Micro. In 2014, he published Meridianus Sans and Serif (based on sketches of Rotislav Vanek) at Signature Type Foundry.	EXTERNAL LINKS Marek Pistora [Designer info] MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type design in Czechia ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿