Speaker Jan Charvat

Jan Charvát, born on the edge of the previous century, studied programming of graphical applications at the Czech Technical University in Prague. After successfully gaining his master’s degree, he refused to spend the rest of his life programming; he went freelance and also worked for 10 years in TV as an evening news graphic operator. In his early 30s, he moved to Germany and worked for Monotype as a Font Engineer. Now back in Prague, he founded Renegadefonts studio, focusing on font engineering, programming (!) and the education of type design and typography for a broader audience. He also teaches Type theory and Graphic Design at a higher education school in Prague.