Josef Týfa
Josef Týfa (born December 5, 1913 in Běloves , Austria-Hungary , † January 19, 2007 in Prague ) was a Czech type designer.
biography
In the 1930s, Týfa moved from his East Bohemian homeland to Prague to find work as an artist. He started in advertising and worked for many renowned companies, such as Baťa , the Pilsner Urquell brewery and the Brouk and Babka department store . He also studied graphics at the Rotter School . He later worked as a graphic designer and art director for various Czechoslovak export companies, including Centrotex. In this role he contributed a lot to the corporate design of the 1950s and 1960s.
From the mid-1960s he concentrated more on font design and won several competitions from the state-run Grafotechna type foundry . As a type designer he was self-taught ; He listed Jaroslav Benda , modern graphic design and modern architecture as influences on his work . Although he designed for metal typesetting for almost his entire career as a typeface designer, he quickly adapted to the digital age in his final years and gave his old successful typefaces a more contemporary look.
Fonts
- Antiqua collective, 1958
- Tyfa Antiqua, 1959 ( revised and digitized with František Štorm in 1998 as ITC Týfa)
- Academia, 1968 (revised and digitized with František Štorm 2003/04 as Academica)
- Juvenis, 2001/02 (with František Štorm based on designs from 1979)
Web links
- Literature by and about Josef Týfa in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature and other media by and about Josef Týfa in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
Fonts
Related Links
- Brief portrait
- Brief information on Linotype.com (English)
- Brief information on Stormtype.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Týfa, Josef |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Týfa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech typographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Náchod-Beloves |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 2007 |
| Place of death | Prague |