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A number of typefaces are designed all over the world especially for towns, regions and states to the promote cultural heritage and to create their positive image. Authors strived to embed these characteristics in the designed typeface. He designed several typefaces - contemporary new designs as well as Polish avant-garde revivals. In Silesia, blackletter was the elementary writing form for many centuries. In working on the project, Artur Frankowski cooperated with Henryk Sakwerda, the Silesian calligrapher and typeface designer.

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Another source of inspiration was handwritten documents. The proportions of x-height, ascenders, descenders, and the height of upper case, were all derived from the rules of golden section; similar proportions, especially the small x-height, are often found in hand written blackletter.

Moreover, they are created for newspapers, magazines and other publications, in which perfect legibility and the ability to publish a lot of text are essential.

A number of typefaces are designed all over the world especially for towns, regions and states to the promote cultural heritage and to create their positive image. In order to fully utilise the newly-created typeface in the creation of visual identity of the region, the creation of the text typeface is required. How could one present the historical and cultural richness of the land of Silesia using typographic tools?

In working on the project, Artur Frankowski cooperated with Henryk Sakwerda, the Silesian calligrapher and typeface designer. Grotesk Polski designed by Artur Frankowski is a modern sans serif conceived between and In many books, there were found examples of blackletter and Old Style, or a mix of both.

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This refers to the calligraphic tradition, however, in the original form, they wanted to evoke the spirit of blackletter. Sincehe is ATypI country delegate for Poland. For the past decade full-time lecturer on typography and graphic design at the Warsaw University of Technology; also silssiana lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and at other colleges in Poland.

New board members wanted. The new typeface has the structure and proportions fon its ancestor, simultaneously is an original and contemporary project.

It contributes to the creation of its image and brand. A typeface design for Gont was for creators a great challenge.

He designed several typefaces - contemporary new designs as well as Polish avant-garde revivals.

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Authors strived to embed these characteristics in the designed typeface. The typeface was expected to be an elegant, decorative script for special prints, such as congratulation letters, diplomas, invitations, etc.

In the end, creators decided to build Silesiana on Chancery cursive Cancelleresca. The project started by study and research in the Silesian Library in Katowice and Cieszyn Historical Library, where some of the most valuable collection of old books and old prints silesina in the land of Silesia are stored.

Annual Congress in Tashkent is approaching. Blackletter type was used not ront for Latin and German, but also in Polish texts. In Silesia, blackletter was the elementary writing form for many centuries.

Original font can be an important element of visual identification of a company or organisation. One hope that Silesiana would be the first step in the creation of a whole family of Silesian typefaces.

Fknt designed for visual identity systems of companies or institutions are another very interesting group. This would make possible to typeset longer texts and thus expand the areas in which the typeface is used.