Font Designer – Jovica Veljovic
Jovica Veljović – born 1. 3. 1954 in Suvi Do, Yugoslavia – type designer, typographer, graphic designer, teacher.
1974–79: studies lettering and graphic design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, with a period of research studies from 1981–83. 1987–92: teaches typography at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade. 1992: is made professor of type design and typography at the Department Design of the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Fakultät Design/Medien/Information. He has won various awards for his work in calligraphy and typography, including the Association Typographiques Internationale (ATypI) Charles Peignot Prize (1985) and prizes at the XX October Salon in Belgrade (1979). the „ZGRAF5” international graphic design exhibition in Zagreb (1987), the XIII Biennale for Graphic-Design in Brno (1988) and the Graphics Biennale in Moscow (1996).
Fonts: ITC Veljovic® (1984), ITC Esprit® (1985), ITC Gamma® (1986), Ex Ponto® multiple master typeface (1995), Silentium™ (2000), Sava™ (2003), Libelle™ (2009), Veljovic Script™ (2009), and ITC New Esprit® (2010).
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
1974–79: studies lettering and graphic design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade, with a period of research studies from 1981–83. 1987–92: teaches typography at the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade. 1992: is made professor of type design and typography at the Department Design of the Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Fakultät Design/Medien/Information. He has won various awards for his work in calligraphy and typography, including the Association Typographiques Internationale (ATypI) Charles Peignot Prize (1985) and prizes at the XX October Salon in Belgrade (1979). the „ZGRAF5” international graphic design exhibition in Zagreb (1987), the XIII Biennale for Graphic-Design in Brno (1988) and the Graphics Biennale in Moscow (1996).
Fonts: ITC Veljovic® (1984), ITC Esprit® (1985), ITC Gamma® (1986), Ex Ponto® multiple master typeface (1995), Silentium™ (2000), Sava™ (2003), Libelle™ (2009), Veljovic Script™ (2009), and ITC New Esprit® (2010).
* TYPOGRAPHY – An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott (Editor), Bernard Stein, published by Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH.
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