[1] In 1897 he moved to Paris and worked for two years with the Czech Art Nouveau artist, Alphonse Mucha.

[8] During his time with the Wentworth Institute he designed recruitment posters for the United States armed forces of World War I, which were principally aimed at Czech immigrants.

[1][11] During World War I he designed recruitment posters for the United States armed forces, which were mainly directed at Czech immigrants.

Czech printers had traditionally used German typefaces and added additional diacritical marks as needed.

[12][13][14] Preissig created 'Preissig Antiqua' roughly around the early 20th Century that would influence the style of print and type designs not only in Czechoslovakia, but also all over Europe in general.