Peter Biľak

Peter Biľak (born 1973) Slovakian graphic and typeface designer, based in The Hague [http://www.typotheque.com/about/] , The Netherlands. He is the head of the type foundry Typotheque. In 2003 designed a series of the standard post stamps for the Dutch Royal mail (TNT Post). Biľak teaches typeface design at the postgraduate course Type&Media at the KABK, Royal Academy of Art (The Hague), and lectures widely on graphic design and typography. He also contributes regularly to international publications and books, including Print (magazine), Emigre (magazine), Items, tipoGrafica, Idea (magazine), and is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale [http://www.a-g-i.org/about/member_bio.php?id=501&nationalgroup=Netherlands&country_code=nl]

Between 2000 and 2007 Biľak was the co-founder, and co-editor of "Dot Dot Dot". The magazine is now published out of New York [http://www.dot-dot-dot.us/] by Biľak's partner Stuart Bailey.

Typeface design

*FF Eureka for FontShop, 1995
*Fedra Sans for Typotheque, 2001
*Fedra Serif for Typotheque, 2003
*Greta Text for Typotheque, 2007

References

* [http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/index.php?id=143 Type Radio interview with Peter Biľak]
* [http://www.typotheque.com/articles/interview_with_peter_bilak_milano/ Progetto Grafico No.9, 2007, interview with Peter Biľak]
* [http://www.typotheque.com/authors/peter_bilak Articles by Peter Biľak]
*Middeldorp, Jan. "Dutch Type." 010 publishers: 2004. ISBN 90-6450-460-1.

External links

* [http://www.peterbilak.com Personal website of Peter Biľak]
* [http://www.typotheque.com Typotheque type foundry]