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Grafotechna

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Former type
  
Aktiengesellschaft

Founded
  
1951

Headquarters
  
Prague, Czechoslovakia

Industry
  
Type foundry

Defunct
  
1990

Grafotechna (Grafotechna n. p., Závod 5, Výroba písma, mosazných linek a matric) was a Czechoslovakian type foundry, created in 1951. It ceased to exist after 1990. It was the only manufacturer of metal types in the former Czechoslovakia.

Among other things, it manufactured fonts designed by Czech type designers Oldřich Menhart and Josef Týfa.

Typefaces

These foundry types were produced by Grafotechna:

References

Grafotechna Wikipedia