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QOD typeface for car licence plates
The QOD typeface, derived from geometrically constructed sans-serifs, features uniform stroke thickness and equally spaced characters. License plate typefaces must have easily distinguishable characters, so QOD letters are more angular, and numbers are rounded. Easily confused characters like B, S, and 8 or O, D, and 0 are emphasized for distinctiveness. Selective use of serifs (C, G, I, J, L, S, T, 1, 7) enhances uniqueness. QOD has three styles (A, B, C), each designed for different plate sizes. The typeface was created at the Department of Visual Communication, AFAD in Bratislava.
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Jozef Kolembus
Študoval na Strednej škole umeleckého priemyslu v Bratislave u prof. Ludwika Korkoša (drevorezba). Absolvoval Vysokú školu výtvarných umení v Bratislave, časť štúdia u doc. Václava Ciglera a po jeho odchode zo školy v ateliéri doc. Askolda Žáčka. V rokoch 1980 – 1990 pracoval ako interný dizajnér v podniku Spojené sklárne, n. p., v Lednických Rovniach, dnes Rona, a. s., na oddelení inovácií dizajnu.
