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DESIGN FORUM 2025. ILLUMINATED. History and future of Slovak lighting design
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Design Work
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.
People of Design
Karl Wein & Co. – Tatraľan, Kežmarok
V Kežmarku bola silná tradícia pestovania ľanu a v 19. storočí tu fungovalo niekoľko ľanárskych tovární. V 80. rokoch 19. storočia tu vznikla najvýznamnejšia ľanárska továreň Karla Weina. Vyrábal predovšetkým damaskové tkaniny, obrusy, uteráky, utierky, vreckovky a posteľnú bielizeň. Okrem domácich trhov dodávali svoje výrobky hlavne na Balkán. Po vojne sa však trhy oslabili, výroba v roku 1919 pozastavená, a továrenské zariadenie prevezené do Poľska a do závodu v Maďarsku.
