“The craft of sign painting did not survive the advance of cheap printing technology in the Czech Republic. Schools that taught this craft have removed it from their curriculums; trade magazines have long gone out of print; and the public has stopped noticing the aesthetics of handmade signs. That’s why I mapped out publications that focus on the subject and neatly organized the historical scripts into a book. I then established continuity by designing contemporary handwritten script styles that follow the local traditions of this craft while responding to contemporary aesthetics.”