Półtawski Antiqua

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Półtawski Antiqua

The Półtawski-Antiqua is a typeface specially created for the Polish language.

The antiqua typeface was designed in the years 1923 to 1928 by the Polish graphic and type designer Adam Półtawski (1881–1952). According to its characteristic features, it can be classified as a classical antiqua . It is one of the first fonts in Poland to be newly developed. The glyph form is adapted to the peculiarities of the Polish language and results in a very harmonious rhythm in the sentence. The glyphs of the letters w , y and g are particularly characteristic . These often appear in Polish texts, so Półtawski designed them so that the vertical elements predominate. This gives the text a particular homogeneity. Other characteristic features are the hexagonal dots, right-angled connections in the glyphs of the letters f and j , the curved shape of the crossbars in ł and Ł . The Półtawski Antiqua is one of the most recognizable typefaces in Poland and is sometimes referred to as the “Polish national script”.

Półtawski-Antiqua was used until the 1980s. Nowadays the typeface is perceived as no longer up-to-date for quantity typesetting.

Janusz M. Nowacki, Bogusław Jackowski and Piotr Strzelczyk implemented a computer version of this font for the typesetting program TeX . This is freely applicable (in the sense of free software ) according to the GNU General Public License (GPL).

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