Blog: Manual
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Project Manual — Part 1 Manual Aug 19 2018Introduction of the 5-part research to the Manual project which aims at digitization of traditional pre-digital era typefaces found in Slovakia’s public spaces, their modernization and re-introduction for modern day usage. Read →
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Project Manual — Part 2: Where did the fonts come from? Manual Aug 19 2018The authors and their publications that laid the foundations for the creation of a typeface that became omnipresent in Czechoslovak streets and graphic design in the second half of the 20th century. Read →
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Project Manual — Part 3: Manual Grotesk Manual Aug 19 2018The design principles of Manual Grotesk fonts, their construction and the reasons why they were so popular for decades. Read →
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Project Manual — Part 4: Who designed the street plates? Manual Aug 19 2018The search for the origin of the design of the street signs themselves. Who designed them and when? Was their design standardized? Read →
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Project Manual — Part 5: How are the street plates made? Manual Aug 19 2018Cutting, punching, bending, spraying, measuring, counting, drawing, cutting and transferring the template, triple firing — the production of a street plate is a long and difficult process, but the result is a durable product that surpasses any new manufacturing technology in quality. Read →