BC Monument

Monument is Menhart’s extraordinary artistic interpretation of majestic capitals. The typeface bears all of the features of ancient Roman monumental inscriptions carved in stone.

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In 1949, Oldřich Menhart was the graphic designer of publication “Satyr”, a set of lithographs by Max Švabinský accompanied by poems by Victor Hugo, for the Sfinx publishing house. He calligraphed the title page and several dividing pages in a majestic shadowed capital letters. This work was so warmly received by the expert community that even Jan Tschichold called on him to develop this study into its own typeface. So in 1950, Menhart completed the design of the Monument typeface, which was released in 1953 by the Grafotechna type foundry in four sizes: 24, 28, 36 and 48 point.

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SYNTHESIZER
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UNIQUE, STRANGE AND WEIRD
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THE LATIN ALPHABET SPREAD, ALONG WITH THE LATIN
LANGUAGE, FROM THE ITALIAN PENINSULA TO THE LANDS
SURROUNDING THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH THE EXPANSION
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.
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TiTUS HAD A SHORT-LiVED RULE
HE WAS EMPEROR FROM 79 TO 81 AD
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CapUT
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DESCRiBES THE METAVERSE
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SAP
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DO YOU LIKE ME?
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A MODEM TRANSMiTS DATA BY
MODULATiNG ONE OR MORE CARRiER
WAVE SiGNALS TO ENCODE DiGiTAL
iNFORMATiON.
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TIME TRAVELER
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U&I
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MANHATTAN/QUEENSBORO
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VWXYZ
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THE GLOBAL KARAOKE MARKET
HAS BEEN ESTiMATED TO BE WORTH
NEARLY $10 BiLLiON.
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IN THE UK, SALES OF CASSETTE TAPES
iN 2021 REACHED iTS HiGHEST NUMBER
SiNCE 2003
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NASA
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MELODiC DEATH METAL COMBiNES
DEATH METAL ELEMENTS WiTH
THOSE OF THE NEW WAVE OF
BRiTiSH HEAVY METAL
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CHRiSTiAN VEGETARiANiSM iS THE PRACTiCE OF KEEPiNG TO
A VEGETARiAN LiFESTYLE FOR REASONS CONNECTED TO OR
DERiVED FROM THE CHRiSTiAN FAiTH.