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Filename:
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csc003_menhart.mp4
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Identifier:
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csc003_menhart.mp4
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Title:
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Home movie by Oldřich Menhart, mailed to Paul Standard
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Creator:
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Menhart, Oldřich, 1897-1962
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Subject:
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home movies
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Subject:
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Calligraphy
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Subject:
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Design drawings
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Subject:
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Personal correspondence
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Subject:
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Type designers
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Summary:
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In 1946 Paul Standard and Czech type designer Oldřich Menhart, started a correspondence based on their mutual work in the fields of calligraphy and type design. Menhart would send samples of his art and typographic work to Standard. There is a large archive of letters from Menhart in Paul Standard's papers.
Paul Standard promoted Menhart’s work in a 3-part article that was published from October through December 1953 in "American Printer" magazine. In 1959, Menhart named a typeface "Standard," in honor of his colleague. The metal type was released by the Czech type foundry, Grafotechna.
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Summary:
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The short silent home movie starts with several people gathered outside on a hill. It then cuts to Menhart at his desk, examining a medal. At 46 seconds, Menhart and a woman are talking, seated side-by-side. This is presumably his wife.
At 1:04 the film cuts to large lettering executed by Menhart: "Petr Bezruč, Povídky ze života," Bezruč was a Czech poet and the title translates as "Stories from Life." This lettering was presumably used for a book cover, ca. 1957. The film ends with Menhart at his desk, smoking and working on the lettering.
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Digital Publisher:
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Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
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Contributor:
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Standard, Paul, 1896-1992
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Date of Original:
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1957 approximate
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Date of Digitization:
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2011
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Broad Type:
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moving image
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Specific Type:
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black-and-white films
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Digital File Format:
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mp4
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Physical Format:
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8mm film
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Dimensions of Original:
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89 seconds
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Original Item Location:
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CSC 003
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Library Collection:
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Paul Standard papers
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Digital Project:
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2022_0072_video
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Catalog Record:
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https://albert.rit.edu/record=b3244972~S3
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Place:
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Czech Republic
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Rights:
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RIT Libraries makes materials from its collections available for educational and research purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. It is your responsibility to obtain permission from the copyright holder to publish or reproduce images in print or electronic form.
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Notes:
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Title supplied by cataloguer.
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