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David Březina is a typeface designer, writer, researcher, and managing director at [Rosetta Type](https://rosettatype.com). He has designed typefaces for a diverse palette of the world’s scripts, but focuses mostly on Gujarati and Latin. David holds a Master’s degree in computer science from Masaryk University in Brno (Czechia) and an MA in Typeface Design and PhD from the University of Reading (UK). His cross-disciplinary PhD thesis studied visual similarity and coherence of characters in typefaces for continuous reading in Latin, Cyrillic, and Devanagari scripts.
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## Contact

Email: hello@mrbrezina.com
ORCID: [0009-0007-4410-0133](https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4410-0133)
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## Main projects

- *[Rosetta Type](https://rosettatype.com)* – a leading type design studio and distributor of high-quality fonts for a growing number of the world’s scripts
- *[Hyperglot](https://hyperglot.rosettatype.com)* – preview basic characters needed to write in the world’s languages (concept and art-direction).
- *[Design Regression](https://designregression.com)* – a journalette (mini journal) publishing texts that are about design for reading and reading-related research

## Typeface design (design)

- *[Only Yours](https://rosettatype.com/OnlyYours)* (Latin, 2025). Design.
- *[Gridlite PE](https://rosettatype.com/GridlitePE)* (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, 2020). Design.
- *[Handjet](https://rosettatype.com/Handjet)* (Arabic, Armenian, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, 2018–20). Design.
- *[Yrsa & Rasa](https://github.rosettatype.com/yrsa-rasa/)* (Gujarati, Latin, 2016–2021). Art direction, design with Anna Giedryś.
- *[Skolar Sans PE](https://rosettatype.com/SkolarSansPE)* (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, 2014–16). Designed with Sláva Jevčinová.
- *[Adobe Gujarati](https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/adobe-gujarati)* (2013). Design for Adobe, art-direction Fiona Ross.
- *[Nirmala UI Gujarati](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirmala_UI)* (2012). Design for Microsoft within Tiro Typeworks, art-direction Fiona Ross.
- *[Skolar Gujarati](https://rosettatype.com/SkolarGujarati)* (2012). Design.
- *[Skolar PE](https://rosettatype.com/SkolarPE)* (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, 2009–2012). Design.
- *Veto Devanagari* (2009). Design for Linotype (now Monotype).

## Typeface design (art direction)

- *[Adapter Georgian](https://rosettatype.com/AdapterGeorgian)* (2024). Art direction, design by Ana Sanikidze.
- *[Adapter Tamil](https://rosettatype.com/AdapterTamil)* (2023). Art direction, design by Aadarsh Rajan.
- *[Adapter Mono PE](https://rosettatype.com/AdapterMonoPE)* (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, 2022). Art direction, design by Tania Chacana.
- *[Adapter Hebrew](https://rosettatype.com/AdapterHebrew)* (2020). Art direction, design by Sláva Jevčinová.
- *[Adapter Arabic](https://rosettatype.com/AdapterArabic)* (2020). Art direction, design by Borna Izadpanah.
- *[Adapter PE](https://rosettatype.com/AdapterPE)* (Cyrillic, Greek, Latin, 2019). Art direction with William Montrose. Design by William Montrose and Sláva Jevčinová.
- *[Skolar Sans Arabic](https://rosettatype.com/SkolarSansArabic)* (2016). Art direction, designed by Titus Nemeth.
- *[Skolar Devanagari](https://rosettatype.com/SkolarDevanagari)* (2012). Art direction, design by Vaibhav Singh.