typofix.org

About

Writing quotation marks, numbers, punctuation, spaces or symbols is an integral part of every European language. Specific typographic rules have been developed for each language for centuries, but in recent decades, especially due to globalisation and the unification of software tools, they have been disregarded. The international project of a typographic proofreader for European languages will preserve these rules as an expression of European cultural diversity for future generations.

The basis of the project is to systematically describe the current typographic rules and practices of all 24 official EU languages, including minority languages in the future, all that with the help of local professionals. The aim of this international research is to create a publicly accessible database of typographic rules, which will be followed by a web application for the general public as well as to public and commercial institutions.

This project is co-financed from the state budget by the Technology agency of the Czech Republic under the SIGMA Progamme. It is initiated and led by typographic experts Mgr. Filip Blažek and doc. MgA. Radek Sidun from the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.

supporters

UMPRUM

Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague is one of the leading educational institutions in the field of architecture, design and fine arts in Central Europe. Since its foundation in 1885, it has been created on the principle of master studios, including six studios of the Department of Graphic Design, including the fields of graphic design, typography, motion design and photography.

TAČR

The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (SIGMA programme) is an organizational unit of the state that was founded in 2009 on the support of research, experimental development and innovation.

ENSAD, NANCY

Created in 1985 to “contribute to the development of typographic creation” – ANRT is a postgraduate research course of the École nationale supérieure d’art et de design (ENSAD) in Nancy. It is a place of excellence where a singular expertise in typographic and editorial design is developed.

International experts

Thomas Huot Marchand

[Romance languages]

Atelier National de Recherche Typographique
École nationale supérieure d’art et de design de Nancy

Dan Reynolds

[English]

Hochschule Niederrhein, Fachbereich Design
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Henrik Birkvig

[Danish]

Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole

Marija Juza

[Croatian]

Mart Anderson

[Estonian]

Boril Karaivanov

[Bulgarian]

Georgios Matthiopoulos

[Greek]

Michal Tornyai

[Slovak]

Robert Oleś

[Polish]

Péter Sher Serfőző

[Hungarian]

Indra Kupferschmid

[German]

Matthijs Sluiter

[Dutch]

Pierre Portelli

[Maltese]

Éric Nunes

[French]

Manuel Sesma Prieto

[Spanish]

Giovanni Cavalleri

[Italian]

Tânia Raposo

[Portuguese]

Örjan Nordling

[Swedish]

Markus Itkonen

[Finnish]

Klementina Možina

[Slovenian]

Cătălina Zlotea

[Romanian]

Alexey Murashko

[Latvian]

Tom Mrazauskas

[Lithuanian]

Naoise Ó Conchubhair

[Irish]

and others…

Type institutions

See also our Type Institutions project, a research platform, the international online database of European Typographic and Language Institutions collects information on typographic rules in each European language.