Peter Bilak
Encyclopedia
Peter Biľak Slovakian graphic and typeface designer, based in The Hague http://www.typotheque.com/about/, The Netherlands. He is the head of the type foundry
Typotheque
. In 2003, he designed a series of the standard post stamps for the Dutch Royal mail (TNT Post). Biľak teaches typeface design at the postgraduate course Type&Media at the KABK, Royal Academy of Art (The Hague)
, and lectures widely on graphic design and typography. He also contributes regularly to international publications and books, including Print
, Emigre, Items, tipoGrafica, Idea (magazine), and is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale
http://www.a-g-i.org/about/member_bio.php?id=501&nationalgroup=Netherlands&country_code=nl.
Between 2000 and 2007 Biľak was the co-founder, and co-editor of Dot Dot Dot
. The magazine is now published out of New York http://www.dot-dot-dot.us/ by Biľak's partner Stuart Bailey
.
Type foundry
A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Originally, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and Monotype machines designed to be printed on letterpress printers...
Typotheque
Typotheque
Typotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands that develops and markets original typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The typefaces sold under the Typotheque foundry label are designed by Slovakian Peter Biľak, including the popular Fedra Sans and Fedra...
. In 2003, he designed a series of the standard post stamps for the Dutch Royal mail (TNT Post). Biľak teaches typeface design at the postgraduate course Type&Media at the KABK, Royal Academy of Art (The Hague)
Royal Academy of Art (The Hague)
The Royal Academy of Art, The Hague is an art academy in the Netherlands. It is the oldest art academy in Europe. Known in Dutch as "Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag" it was founded on 29 September 1682 when its predecessor, the Haagsche Teekenakademie was dissolved.- External...
, and lectures widely on graphic design and typography. He also contributes regularly to international publications and books, including Print
Print (magazine)
The publication, Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts, was a limited edition quarterly periodical begun in 1940 and continued under different names up to the present day as Print, a bimonthly American magazine about visual culture and design.In its current format, Print documents and...
, Emigre, Items, tipoGrafica, Idea (magazine), and is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale
Alliance Graphique Internationale
Alliance Graphique Internationale is a club of the world’s leading graphic artists and designers. There are about 350 members from 27 countries.- History :...
http://www.a-g-i.org/about/member_bio.php?id=501&nationalgroup=Netherlands&country_code=nl.
Between 2000 and 2007 Biľak was the co-founder, and co-editor of Dot Dot Dot
Dot Dot Dot (magazine)
Dot Dot Dot is a magazine of visual culture produced end edited by graphic designers Stuart Bailey and Peter Bilak. Since Dot Dot Dot 7, each issue of the magazine has been widely available as a paperback book...
. The magazine is now published out of New York http://www.dot-dot-dot.us/ by Biľak's partner Stuart Bailey
Stuart Bailey
Stuart Bailey is a graphic designer and co-editor of Dot Dot Dot with David Reinfurt . He has lived and worked in Amsterdam and is now based in New York....
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Typeface design
- FF Eureka for FSI FontShop InternationalFSI FontShop InternationalFSI FontShop International is an international manufacturer of digital typefaces , based in Berlin and one of the large type foundries that exist today.All the typefaces are published as part of the FontFont library...
, 1995 - FF Masterpiece for FSI FontShop InternationalFSI FontShop InternationalFSI FontShop International is an international manufacturer of digital typefaces , based in Berlin and one of the large type foundries that exist today.All the typefaces are published as part of the FontFont library...
, 1996 - Fedra Sans for TypothequeTypothequeTypotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands that develops and markets original typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The typefaces sold under the Typotheque foundry label are designed by Slovakian Peter Biľak, including the popular Fedra Sans and Fedra...
, 2001 - Fedra Serif for TypothequeTypothequeTypotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands that develops and markets original typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The typefaces sold under the Typotheque foundry label are designed by Slovakian Peter Biľak, including the popular Fedra Sans and Fedra...
, 2003 - Greta Text for TypothequeTypothequeTypotheque is a type foundry and design studio from The Hague, Netherlands that develops and markets original typefaces for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The typefaces sold under the Typotheque foundry label are designed by Slovakian Peter Biľak, including the popular Fedra Sans and Fedra...
, 2007