Full Name
Petra Dočekalová
Job Title
Type Designer
Company
Petra D
Speaker Bio
Petra Dočekalová (1991) finished her PhD studies on Fostering Increased Appreciation for Handwriting, Penmanship, and a Personal Handwriting Style at the Type Design and Typography studio at Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague in 2020. Since 2013 she has been a member of the Briefcase Type Foundry. She is focused on editorial work such as the TYPO9010 book, which won several global awards, or the Jaroslav Benda 1882–1970, for it’s English Edition she hit a successful Kickstarter campaing in 2020. She is also a letterer, type designer, sign painter, and lettering artist, working on new digital scripts. Petra received the TDC Award of excellence for her diploma project dealing with Czechoslovak calligraphy and new hand lettering forms.
Twitter Handle
@docekalovapetra
Instagram
@petra.typo
Petra Dočekalová