Biography
David Březina (1980) is a Czech freelance type designer and typographer, an associate with Tiro Typeworks (Canada), writer and lecturer (publications), and the impresario of TypeTalks. He got Masters degree in Informatics (Masaryk University, Brno) and MA in 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.
His interest in world’s writing systems and multilingual typeface design and typography manifests in an award-winning, multi-script typeface family Skolar released with TypeTogether. He has type design experience with Cyrillic, Greek, Gujarati, Devanagari, and various extensions of Latin.
Services
- typeface design: retail and custom typefaces, extensions to existing typefaces, non-Latin typeface design
- typography: classic, multi-script and otherwise complex typography and typesetting, book design
- font development: OpenType features, VOLT, production, FontLab Python macros
- graphic design: complex visual styles, logo & lettering design
- type-related consultancy
References
- Tiro Typeworks (help with multiscript-typeface design for Microsoft, programming)
- Monotype Imaging (programming, staff training)
- TypeTogether (in-house and retail typeface design)
- Amberg Technologies (visual style & interface design, staff training)
Awards
David’s works were awarded at the international competitions Granshan 2009, Modern Cyrillic 2009, ED Awards 2008; exhibited at the International Biennial of Graphic design in Brno 2006 and 2008; and mentioned in periodicals and blogs such as Typo, 2+3D, idpure, ilovetypography.com, …
