About
David Březina is a Czech type designer and typographer, writer, lecturer, the impresario of TypeTalks, and co-founder of the Rosetta type foundry. He got Masters degrees in Informatics (Masaryk University, Brno) and Typeface Design (University of Reading, UK). From 2004 to 2007 he also ran his own design studio, with projects in graphic, web, and interface design. He has been working as an associate with Tiro Typeworks and giving various type workshops around Europe.
His interest in the world’s writing systems and multilingual typeface design and typography manifests in the award-winning type family Skolar. So far, he has designed typefaces for Cyrillic, Greek, Gujarati, Devanagari, and various extensions of Latin.
Services
- retail and custom typeface design
- extensions to existing typefaces
- non-Latin typeface design
- font development (OpenType features, VOLT, FontLab Python macros)
- multi-script and otherwise complex typography, typesetting, book design
- consultancy
References
- Tiro Typeworks (work on multis-cript typeface design, programming)
- Monotype Imaging (programming, staff training)
- TypeTogether (typeface design)
- Amberg Technologies (visual style & interface design, staff training)
Awards
- Granshan 2009 – 1st prize for Skolar Cyrillic
- Modern Cyrillic 2009 – special diploma for Skolar Cyrillic
- ED Awards 2008 – silver for Skolar & Surat (Gujarati)
Exhibitions
- International Biennial of Graphic design in Brno 2006, 2008, and 2010 (CZ)
- Collective type design exhibition at Klingspor-Museum Offenbach, 2010 (D)
- Modern Cyrillic exhibition in Mexico City, 2009
- TypeTogether collective exhibition in Rosario (RA), Cieszyn (PL), …