Martin Benka

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Martin Benka Slovak painter and illustrator, b. 1888, Kostoliste, d. 1971, Malacky. He is regarded as the founder of Modernist 20th century Slovak painting. His typefaces include a hexagonal typeface from 1956, and a stone-chiseled typeface from the 1940s. Lubomir Longauer wrote Martin Benka, the first designer of the Slovak National Myth.	EXTERNAL LINKS Martin Benka MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type design in Slovakia ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Hexagonal typefaces ⦿ Stone age fonts ⦿ Chiseled fonts ⦿

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