Typophile - Metron, Jiri Rathousky - Comments

I was lucky enough to get

jupiterboy — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:36:52 -0700

I was lucky enough to get this font before it was pulled. I’m glad to learn more about why, and am also curious about the implications.

If Mr. Storm is working out copyright issues how—if at all—does this effect current users?

Any news on Metron? Will it

ingap — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:26:11 -0700

Any news on Metron? Will it be available online?

Thanks for any information.

Thank you for enlightening

edward maddison — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 07:50:39 -0700

Thank you for enlightening us Frantisek

Jiri Rathousky is not the

franta — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 02:10:21 -0700

Jiri Rathousky is not the primary author of Metron. Prof. Petr Tucny showed me dozens of initial sketches from 1968-9 convincing me about his authorship. The drawings are meticulously done on transparent papers, signed and dated. I newer saw something like that in Rathousky’s inheritance. There are also many witnesses confirming the version of Mr. Tucny.
We are working on a new, extended story to Metron and solving copyright issues. It’s going slowly, Mr. Tucny has over 80, and I’m working simultaneously on another projects, holidays, etc...

Thank you all for patience.

Frantisek Storm, www.stormtype.com

Dav I received a reply from

edward maddison — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 13:50:43 -0700

Dav

I received a reply from storm regarding the disappearance of metron online, it was temporarily pulled due to a copyright issue (no detail) that has now been resolved and will be reissued soon (couple of months maybe)

I found some very nice

edward maddison — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:22:44 -0700

I found some very nice samples if anyone is interested:

http://cg.scs.carleton.ca/~luc/atypi2004-prague/

yeah its weird you can’t

edward maddison — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:08:22 -0700

yeah its weird you can’t see the complete style list and no, i haven’t attempted to buy it, i just wanted a better look really

timd — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:01:34 -0700

http://www.myfonts.com/search?search%5Btext%5D=metron

It still appears on Myfonts as a package, but whether you can buy it from there or they haven’t updated who can tell?

Tim

edit: or was that as far as you got already?

Thanks. though i looked

edward maddison — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:51:00 -0700

Thanks. though i looked there and the page dosen’t appear to work, or something. It could, of course, be trouble at my end

edit: agreed :) mail sent!

> www.stormtype.com (

formlos — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:45:41 -0700

> www.stormtype.com

( Edit-A-Bit: Sorry, You are right, it doesnt seem to be available any longer. I wonder what happened. ’Metron’ has been digitised by Frantisek Storm, in 2004, or so. But it vanished from his site, as well. Very strange. Maybe you want to contact Frantisek Storm directly? Oh, And if you do so, please reply in here with what happened. Thank you. )

Dav

Metron, Jiri Rathousky

edward maddison — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 09:39:21 -0700

Anyone know whether this is available online? ive found broken links at myfonts and others, all a bit mysterious