Slovakia

Population: 5,414,937 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Slovak (official), Hungarian

Background: In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia...

Currency: Slovak koruna (SKK, No information)

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.

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Slovakian Font Foundries

 · Adtypo
 · Andyface
 · BW90
 · CarnokyType
 · Daniel Krátky
 · Deeezy
 · Freshmeat
 · Ivan Rosenberg
 · Juraj Chrastina
 · Krea SK
 · Milan Pleva
 · MyroslavaM
 · Power Type Girl
 · Setup

Slovakian Typographic People

 · Johanna Balusikova
 · Peter Bil'ak
 · Andrej Čanecký
 · Samuel Čarnoký
 · Ondrej Časnocha
 · Radovan Cernak
 · Juraj Chrastina
 · Mirka Chrastinová
 · Andrej Dieneš
 · Peter Felix
 · Ján Filípek
 · Sláva Jevčinová
 · Ondrej Jób
 · Peter Olexa
 · Slávka Pauliková
 · Milan Pleva
 · Ivan Rosenberg
 · Zuzana Uhalová

Related Links

 · Luc Devroye: The font scene in Slovakia
 · CIA World Factbook: Slovakia
 · Ethnologue: Languages of Slovakia
 · BBC Country profile: Slovakia