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AllCap’s Society refers to a storied Czechoslovak typographic legacy, but is designed as a comprehensive family for tomorrow’s most beautiful books. The initial cut, with its simplified construction and focus on legibility in small sizes, reflects a slower, more deliberate culture of making – where every decision serves reading. Grounded in the tradition of editorial typefaces like Baskerville and Times New Roman, Society adds a Czech touch through its distinctive ‘s’ and sharpened ‘z’, offset by initials and swashes inspired by later phototype-era styles such as Baskerville Flair. At first glance, Society seems humble. Practical. Considered. After a closer look, the wide-ranging family reveals inventive shape solutions honed through refined drawing. A slow serif, drawn as an intentionally thorough and thoughtful contribution to the legacy of Czech type designers – and the next generation of typographers.

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Type design in socialist Czechoslovakia was centralised and shaped by technical and industrial limits. In 1951 Grafotechna was founded through the merging of multiple private foundries, thereafter operating as the single official Czech manufacturer of metal type¹. Grafotechna’s catalogue grew slowly, laying the foundation for a modern Czech approach to type – grounded in utility, linguistic precision, and regulations of state publishing. New typefaces were most often commissioned through public competitions organised by the General Directorate of the Printing Industry and the State Printing Office (Státní tiskárna)². These competitions were commissioned in collaboration with outside institutions, each time centered around a different context (for example there were competitions focused on editorial fonts for books, newspapers or magazines, as well as separate competitions oriented towards producing more technical fonts for scientific publishing). Selected designs were passed on to Grafotechna for further development and release. A culture around these competitions was fostered through Typografia³, the journal for Czech printing and typography. The results of these competitions were published in detail, and issues of the journal were distributed to schools and print shops.

This system structured Czech-type design for decades, producing early post-war typefaces and also later releases like Academia⁴ and Public⁵. It shaped a generation of designers who learned to work within its structured, methodical framework. Each font followed a standardized format: individual characters were drawn on 60×60 mm ‘čtverčík’ cards – when reduced at a ratio of 12:1, this format aligned precisely to a 5 mm hot-metal matrix used in production⁶. These cards were accompanied by spacing charts and specimens which ensured technical clarity and consistency.

While independent foundries in Western Europe and the US were beginning to explore expressive, stylistic alternatives, Grafotechna followed a more practical path. Type was expected to perform efficiently for Czech and Slovak languages, prioritizing legibility, balance, and functionality. V češtině se často používají diakritická znaménka, což pro tvůrce písma představuje jedinečnou výzvu při vytváření rovnoměrné textury. Society captures the essence of this era – fusing it with new energy and diverse references, creating a contemporary type family that codifies a legacy of Czech editorial design.

1     Jindřich Vichnar, Antonín Rambousek, Původní československá typografická písma, Ministerstvo kultury ČSR, Prague, 1972, p.59.
2     Oldřich Hlavsa, Typografická písma latinková, SNTL, Prague 1957.
3     Typografia was the official professional journal of the Czechoslovak printing industry, first published in 1894 and later granted institutional status after 1948. Distributed to all state print shops, polygraphic schools, and industry professionals, it combined technical articles, theoretical essays, and printed type specimens.
4     Academia is a serif typeface designed by Josef Týfa around 1967–68, originally developed for scientific and academic publishing in Czechoslovakia. It was the result of a state-organised competition and was later produced by Grafotechna.
5     Public is a newspaper typeface designed by Stanislav Maršo in 1955 as part of a state-organised competition initiated by the Czech Department of Culture to address the shortage of quality fonts in post-war Czechoslovakia. The typeface was produced by Grafotechna in Regular, Bold, and Bold Condensed styles, optimised for line-composing machines and hand-setting.
6     Typografia journal, no. 842/7, p. 261, SNTL, Prague, 1972.

Technical Information:

Design: Ondrej Bachor
Production Assistance: Juan Feng
Classification: Transitional Serif
Cuts: 12 (6 styles with italics)
Mastering: Michele Patanè
Cover Image: Matej Martinec, Max Diemair
Text: Sean Kuhnke
First sketch: 2016
Released: 2025
Latest update: 06/2025

Opentype Features and Language Support →
OpenType Features:
aalt
Access All Alternates
c2sc
Capitals to Small Caps
calt
Contextual Alternates
case
Case Sensitive Forms
ccmp
Composites
dlig
Discretionary Ligatures
dnom
Denominator
frac
Fractions
liga
Standard Ligatures
lnum
Lining Figures
locl
Localized Forms
numr
Numerator
onum
Oldstyle Figures
ordn
Ordinals
pnum
Proportional Figures
sinf
Scientific Inferiors
smcp
Small Caps
subs
Subscript
sups
Superscript
swsh
Swash
tnum
Tabular Figures
ss01
Alt S
ss02
Alt Q
ss03
Alt Z
ss04
Alt ( [ {
ss05
Circled numbers
ss06
Negative circled numbers
ss07
Numbers on square
ss08
Negative numbers on black square
ss09
Swash
Supported Languages:

Afrikaans, Albanian, Asu (Tanzania), Basque, Bemba (Zambia), Bena (Tanzania), Breton, Catalan, Chiga, Cornish, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Embu, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Galician, Ganda, German, Gusii, Hungarian, Icelandic, Inari Sami, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Jola-Fonyi, Kabuverdianu, Kalaallisut, Kalenjin, Kamba (Kenya), Kikuyu, Kinyarwanda, Latvian, Lithuanian, Lower Sorbian, Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luxembourgish, Luyia, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malagasy, Maltese, Manx, Meru, Morisyen, North Ndebele, Northern Sami, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Nyankole, Oromo, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Rwa, Samburu, Sango, Sangu (Tanzania), Scottish Gaelic, Sena, Serbian, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Spanish, Swahili (macrolanguage), Swedish, Swiss German, Taita, Teso, Turkish, Upper Sorbian, Uzbek, Volapük, Vunjo, Walser, Welsh, Western Frisian, Zulu

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Bold
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We offer the possibility of buying individual styles as well as complete families. The price shown is the cost of our most basic licence. Further licencing options are available during the checkout process.

Character Overview

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Character name
Unicode Decimal
65
Unicode Hex
41
HTML Entity (Hex)
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Uppercase
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    A
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    B
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    C
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    D
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Lowercase
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    Ä
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    Ș
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    Ú
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    Ù
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    Ũ
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    Ŷ
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    Ÿ
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    Ź
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    Ž
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    Ż
Small Caps with Accents
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    ą
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    ĝ
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    ő
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    ź
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    ž
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    ż
Lowercase Accents
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    á
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    ă
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    â
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    ä
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    à
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    ā
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    ą
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    å
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    ã
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    æ
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    ć
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    č
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    ç
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    ĉ
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    ċ
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    ð
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    ď
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    đ
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    é
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    ĕ
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    ě
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    ê
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    ë
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    ė
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    è
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    ē
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    ę
  • 7869
  • 287
    ğ
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    ĝ
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    ģ
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    ġ
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    ħ
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    ĥ
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    ı
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    í
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    î
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    ï
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    ì
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    ij
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    ī
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    į
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    ĩ
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    ĸ
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    ľ
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    ļ
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    ʼn
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    ŏ
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    ő
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    ț
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    ú
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    ũ
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    ý
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    ŷ
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    ÿ
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    ž
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    ż
Ligatures
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    fb
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    ff
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    fh
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    fj
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    fk
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    ft
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    ffi
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    ffj
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    ffk
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    ffl
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Proportional Figures
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Tabular Figures
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Oldstyle Figures
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Currency & Math
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    $
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    µ
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    %
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Superscript
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    ¹
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    ²
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    ³
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Subscript
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Ordinals
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    ª
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Punctuation & Symbols
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    :
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    ;
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    ¿
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    #
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Small Caps Punctuation & Symbols
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Fraction
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Arrows
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