- Theo Rehak
Theo Rehak is a
typecaster and the author of "Practical Typecasting" (ISBN 0-938768-33-6) and "The Fall of Atf; a Serio-Comedic Tragedy". He is one of the few remaining craftsmen in the field of metaltypefounding . Rehak was the last person trained by theAmerican Type Founders before their 1993 bankruptcy. He formed the Dale Guild type foundry in 1994, purchasing a significant portion of ATF equipment at the firm's liquidation auction. He is also an historian and has assisted museums, includingThe Smithsonian , around the world in creating exhibits and demonstrating printing technologies.The Dale Guild type foundry is one of the last type foundries in the United States to cast hard foundry type. Rehak has several Barth casters, a Benton engraver, and a collection of original type matrices. This equipment has enabled Rehak to continue casting functional type of historical importance.
In 1999, the Dale Guild foundry was asked to reproduce Gutenberg's Biblia Latina font. Rehak and Alan Waring spent 5 months making drawings, cutting matrices and casting a replica set of Gutenberg's type. This became known as B-42. Because of its numerous alternate characters and ligatures this typeface has about 240 distinct characters.
Theo Rehak has slated the Dale Guild for close (and thus his retirement) for early 2009.
He served as President of
The Typophiles from 1995 to 2005.References
*http://www.daleguild.com
*cite book |title= The Fall of ATF |last=Rehak |first=Theo |coauthors= |year= 2004| publisher= Privately Printedee also
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