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On Monday, 21st of March, 2005, a first issue of redesigned
weekly newspaper Respekt came out. The team of the authors which prepared the
changes for several months consisted of Filip Blažek (Designiq), Michal
Gregorini (Mowshe), Michal Hořava and
Libor Kleček (Mowshe). The original
layout, which became well known in the course of the last few years, was
prepared by Robert V. Novák. However, the original concept slowly disappeared,
new, incongruous elements appeared, and so the publisher begun considering a
complex change. New layout concept was designed in close cooperation with the
editorial office, and with maximum possible respect of the reader. We wanted to
keep what was functional, while eliminating or adjusting elements which stood in
the way of clarity and good organisation. One of the foundation stones of the
new layout is a new text typeface. The Fresco type family was designed by
Belgian typographer Fred Smeijers between 1998 and 2003. This new typeface is
not only much more legible than its predecessor, New Century Schoolbook, but its
originality constitutes one of the characteristics of the new Respekt layout.
The layout utilises both serif and sans serif version, Fresco and Fresco Sans.
Second key change lies in well thought out distribution of white space. The
pages are now much lighter and more elegant. The white space should serve as a
tool of easier orientation for the reader. Other new elements are based on the
tradition of the layout of the first half of the 1990s, such as special initials
or squares which terminate each article. Another strongly perceptible change
lies in greater indent of bordering columns of regular sections or shorter
articles. The new layout of Respekt is a delicacy for typography gourmets: it is
probably the first Czech newspaper which positions accents slightly off the page
layout, or which uses ligatures consistently throughout the text.