The design of Pražské kamenné is
credited to Stanislav Maršo, Grafotechna, 1960. [Reichardt 2011] Canada Type suggests it’s a
reworking of Georg Trump’s Signum (Weber, 1955). Differences include
‘a’ w/ horizontal belly top, ‘g’ w/ two more evenly weighted
counters, lower dots on ‘i’/‘j’, ‘j’ w/o hook, ‘Q’ w/ non-detached
diagonal bar, ‘S’ w/ more angular spine, and a forwarding-leaning
ampersand. The name translates to “Prague stone” and might be
related to Steinschrift, an old German term for sans
serifs.
Shown in a Regular (obyčejné) weight. There
are proofs for a Bold
(polotučné) dated May 1967.
A specimen that may be dated to 1966 mentions that the Bold was
ready for production. [Reichardt 2008]
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The design of Pražské kamenné is credited to Stanislav Maršo, Grafotechna, 1960. [Reichardt 2011] Canada Type suggests it’s a reworking of Georg Trump’s Signum (Weber, 1955). Differences include ‘a’ w/ horizontal belly top, ‘g’ w/ two more evenly weighted counters, lower dots on ‘i’/‘j’, ‘j’ w/o hook, ‘Q’ w/ non-detached diagonal bar, ‘S’ w/ more angular spine, and a forwarding-leaning ampersand. The name translates to “Prague stone” and might be related to Steinschrift, an old German term for sans serifs.
Shown in a Regular (obyčejné) weight. There are proofs for a Bold (polotučné) dated May 1967. A specimen that may be dated to 1966 mentions that the Bold was ready for production. [Reichardt 2008]
Trump Gothic (Canada Type, 2005) is “a reconception of ideas” from both Signum and Pražské kamenné.
