Designed in 1923–1928 [Wikipedia]
by Adam Półtawski to meet the special requirements of the Polish
language, e.g. by minimizing diagonals in the frequent letters ‘k’,
‘w’, ‘y’. Cast by the Jan Idźkowski foundry in 3 styles,
Półtawskiego antykwa (1931), Półtawskiego
kursywa (italic, 1933), and Półtawskiego
półgrube (bold, 1935). Also adapted for the Monotype.
[Reichardt].
A digitization was made by Janusz M. Nowacki, Bogusław Jackowski
and Piotr Strzelczyk, and first released in 2000 under the GNU
General Public License (GPL). Later expanded to 40 styles
(4 weights in 5 widths, plus
italics) and made available More…
Designed in 1923–1928 [Wikipedia] by Adam Półtawski to meet the special requirements of the Polish language, e.g. by minimizing diagonals in the frequent letters ‘k’, ‘w’, ‘y’. Cast by the Jan Idźkowski foundry in 3 styles, Półtawskiego antykwa (1931), Półtawskiego kursywa (italic, 1933), and Półtawskiego półgrube (bold, 1935). Also adapted for the Monotype. [Reichardt].
A digitization was made by Janusz M. Nowacki, Bogusław Jackowski and Piotr Strzelczyk, and first released in 2000 under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Later expanded to 40 styles (4 weights in 5 widths, plus italics) and made available under the GUST Font License. Artur Frankowski’s Grotesk Polski FA (Fontarte, 1998–2008) is a sans serif companion.
