Vítkova písanka Regular

The name of this font means "Vítek's Writing Excercise Book" and "Vítek" is diminutive form of my name.

My original plan was to create an exact replica of handwriting that was taught in Czech elementary schools in 1980s, but when I finally found the original writing exercise books I did not like many details or proportions so in the end I adjusted the letters to my likings and taste a lot.

Unfortunately some combination of letters could not be connected as elegantly as I intended in TTF format so I created an OTF version (since 0.45) which compensates the most obvious flaws. The use of alternative glyphs can be controlled by OpenType features "calt", "salt" (alternate "p") and "fina" ("s" at the end of a word without a tail).

The public version of the font intentionally does not include number 0. The full version is available only to licensed users.

Version history

0.73 2021-11-12
+ alternate versions: A* Scaron

0.72 2021-11-11
+ alternate versions: A S

0.71 2021-01-29
* tweaked: { } Eth

0.70 2021-01-28
* tweaked: r* s* t* v* w* y*

0.69 2021-01-27
* tweaked: m* n* p* q* v* cent dcroat

0.68 2021-01-26
* tweaked: D* G f* h* j* germandbl* oslash Euro
* margin: Y* V* W*

0.67 2021-01-25
* removed some redundant points
* tweaked: # $ 2 3 4 5 F* H* K* S* T* V* W* [] a b* k* o* Eng eng yen
+ longs* infinity
* Y -> Y.other (-50)

0.661 2018-12-02
+ b.init b.initlong h.init h.initlong

0.66 2017-10-23
+ currency

0.65 2017-10-19
+ 1234superior fractions ij IJ Eng eng
+ fractions feature (1/4 1/2 3/4)
* merge and cleanup (s* t* u* n* etc.)
* margins: (C) (R)

0.64 2017-10-13
+ germandbls.end

0.63 2017-10-06
+ StylisticAlternates (salt): p

0.62 2017-10-03
* tweaked: breve abreve
* modified OpenType script (groups Letter/LetterLower)
* section

0.61 2017-10-02
* modified OpenType script (groups Letter/LetterLower)

0.60 2017-10-01
+ Tcaron.alt s*.init* t*.init* u*.init* ncaron*.init*
* script: group RequireLongCaps -t -tcaron

0.59 2017-09-26
* panose info
+ m.init* n.init*
* fixed Letter membership: x.init r*.init
* tweaked margins: h.long k.long l.long m.long

0.58 2017-02-10
* updated OpenType script (group->class)
* fixed Letter membership: tcaron

0.57 2016-04-18
+ Eth.alt/long Dcroat.alt/long icirc.long idieresis.long
* fixed Letter membership: lacute lcaron

0.56 2016-04-15
+ Oacute.alt/long Odieresis.alt/long
* merge and clean up
* margin: /
+ kerning: /+bfhkl
* minor tweaks: V W lacute u.long

0.55 2016-04-14
* modified margin: !

0.54 2015-09-29
+ iacute.long igrave.long
+ Cacute.long Scirc.alt/long Scedilla.alt/long

0.53 2015-09-17
+ y+diacritic.long r+diacritic.init ccedilla.long
+ modified: y +20 F.long +30 P.long +30
+ kerning: numbers+e
* changed script finals (s, p)

0.51 2015-09-16
+ iopu.long Sacute.alt Sacute.long
* modified: S.alt S.long +20
* changed script for x.init

0.50 2015-06-29
+ hjfktwz.long cz+diacritic.long H.long
+ x.init
* H - fixed height, reconstructed

0.49 2015-06-23
+ AEKMN.long dsnv.long
+ s+diacritic.long

0.48 2015-06-22
* l - longer basic tail
+ clms.long
* modified context replacement script
* fixed U with diacritic marks

0.47 2015-06-19
* B.alt
+ FIOPTVW.long CCcaron.long
* 2 - narrow

0.46 2015-06-18
+ BDFIOPSTVW.alt Scaron.alt
+ BS.long Scaron.long
+ ps.end
* modified position: dcaron tcaron lcaron Oobreve
* Lcaron - really caron

0.45 2015-06-17
* experimental .otf version

0.44 2015-06-12
* merge and clean up
* Eth - fixed margins
* c - tweaked line width
* s - tweaked tail

0.43 2015-06-12
* 7 - reconstructed
* ?@ - modified
* :;-=+ bullet - tweaked vertical position
+ AaOo-dotaccent

0.42 2015-06-09
* 4 - reconstructed
* Dcaron, Hcirc - fixed margins
* G S - fixed width
* R g - fixed tail
* greenk - reconstructed
* :;-n - tweaked

0.41 2015-06-08
* 35 - reconstructed
* rz - tweaked
* f - new bottom loop
* aogonek - fixed margin

0.40 2015-06-05
* 12 FTUY r - reconstructed
* l - longer tail
* E - longger tail
+ kerning: caps+e caps+x numbers+e
+ % permille logicalnot (R) {} germandbls
+ commabelow+...
* fixed margins: CP()[]!

0.39 2015-06-04
+ $ & Llslash
* 25689 - a new take
* K - right curl
* R - tail
* SX - reconstructed
* vwy - +20 wider, reconstructed
* VW - different tail
* GJYgjy - bottom loop
* z - narrowed, reconstructed
* H - tweaked loops
* O - margin
* U - narrowed

0.38 2014-12-19
* o - back to old tail
* ACEGMNX - left margin +100
* f - new upper loop
* H - reconstructed
* O - new tail
* M - similar to N
* 069 - reconstructed
+ approx No ordfem ordmas multiply

0.37 2014-12-18
* C - thinner lines
* D - new loop
* L - smaller loop
* R - based on P
* Z - reconstructed
* pound - based on L
+ <> cent # \
* minor tweaks: / z
* fixed margins: L+ O+ Z+

0.36 2014-12-17
* B P A O Q - thinner lines

0.35 2014-12-08
* d t - slightly skewed to the right
* 0 A C G O Q - less tilted
* a c d g o p q - less tilted
* k - loop
* z - loop

0.34+ 2014-12-03
* increased left margin of caps
* b h l - new loop
* d - exact shape
* n - sharper
* h m n - wider by 20 points
* g j - shorter tail

0.34 2014-09-08
* 0 ADFLOQSTYZ deky
+ */ Oslash

0.33 2014-05-29
+ (C)
* 5679 ?+- pound OU ceó

0.32 2014-04-11
* F 9

0.31 2014-03-27
* CG gijvwy -
+ macron+... paragraph

0.30 2014-03-26
* UVW !.|

0.29 2014-03-25
* 2 HIJKUVW
+ breve+...

0.28 2014-03-24
* AFVT abdgoprst...

0.26 2014-03-22
* acdopq
+ Q

0.25 2014-03-21
+ X tilde+... cedilla+... ogonek+... pound @
+ temporary: 345679
* CGSV emnou tcaron

0.24 2014-03-20
* JVN fgjlorx
+ 2 E

0.23 2014-03-19
* GLMNV ao
+ UV circumflex+... guilemots Euro

0.22 2014-03-18
* MN eoys dotlessi dotlessj
+ Ddcaron Ttcaron breve+... |

0.21 2014-03-17
* GHKLT b

0.20 2014-03-17
* ABCZ jl caron
+ 01 ()!

0.19 2014-03-16
+ CR ČĆ
* BGPH mno

0.15 2014-03-08
+ complete small letters

0.12 2014-03-05
+ imported sketch: prstuxq

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0.73 (2021-11-12)

2014-2021

En Cz Sk Pl Fr De Es

Free for personal and non-commercial use

Commercial license for the whole font family 12 euro

Font family members:

Vítkova písanka Regular
Vítkova písanka Thin