Radek Sidun
Born in 1980 in the Liberec region, Bohemia, Radek Sidun studied graphic design at UMPRUM Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design, in Prague. He graduated in 2010, with a thesis detailing the problems of diacritics in diverse language scripts. As a result, he built a reputation as a valued consultant to type designers and foundries from all over the world. Today, he devotes himself primarily to typography and type design.
Between 2008 and 2010, he was part of Cornel Windlin’s studio in Zürich, focusing on font-related projects and on TATE ETC. magazine. He worked on the early Medium cut of Unica, which was in use at Schauspielhaus Zürich for 10 years, until 2019. Radek also did substantial work on the LL Gravur Condensed redraw. Specialising in manual kerning, Radek has recently been working with Lineto on reworking the spacing and kerning for some of our most popular typefaces.
In 2012, he founded the Briefcase Type Foundry together with Tomáš Brousil. Since 2013, he has been teaching type design and typography at UMPRUM, where he became associate professor in 2019. Radek was a member of the editorial and design team of the TYPO9010 publication, and, together with Petra Dočekalová, conceived, designed and published an extensive monograph of legendary Czech designer Jaroslav Benda. He lives and works in Prague.
Radek Sidun
Born in 1980 in the Liberec region, Bohemia, Radek Sidun studied graphic design at UMPRUM Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design, in Prague. He graduated in 2010, with a thesis detailing the problems of diacritics in diverse language scripts. As a result, he built a reputation as a valued consultant to type designers and foundries from all over the world. Today, he devotes himself primarily to typography and type design.
Between 2008 and 2010, he was part of Cornel Windlin’s studio in Zürich, focusing on font-related projects and on TATE ETC. magazine. He worked on the early Medium cut of Unica, which was in use at Schauspielhaus Zürich for 10 years, until 2019. Radek also did substantial work on the LL Gravur Condensed redraw. Specialising in manual kerning, Radek has recently been working with Lineto on reworking the spacing and kerning for some of our most popular typefaces.
In 2012, he founded the Briefcase Type Foundry together with Tomáš Brousil. Since 2013, he has been teaching type design and typography at UMPRUM, where he became associate professor in 2019. Radek was a member of the editorial and design team of the TYPO9010 publication, and, together with Petra Dočekalová, conceived, designed and published an extensive monograph of legendary Czech designer Jaroslav Benda. He lives and works in Prague.