Petra Dočekalová
Guest Speaker

Petra Dočekalová is a typographer and letterer based in Prague, Czech Republic. Since 2013 she is a member of Briefcase Type Foundry team. She received TDC Award of excellence for her diploma project dealing with the Czechoslovak calligraphy and new hand lettering forms. Petra will finish her PhD studies at the Type Design and Typography studio at UMPRUM Academy in Prague this year with her thesis focusing on school cursive and handwritten typefaces, their applications and overlap from the academic to the practice and educational environment. She is also focused on editorial work such as book Typo9010, that won several awards all over the world including TDC Award of excellence and her recent project is the book about Jaroslav Benda 1882–1970, Typographic designs and letterforms.