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I recently had to make a work in Russian, so I started to investigate a little on the subject of non-latin type. |
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Blanch – Free Font
This is a modular typeface family halfway between a 50s style sans serif and the range of numerical characters which most labelling machines use. These are seemingly contrasting concepts which lend themselves to the creation of an atypical font. Designed
Blanch – Free Font
This is a modular typeface family halfway between a 50s style sans serif and the range of numerical characters which most labelling machines use. These are seemingly contrasting concepts which lend themselves to the creation of an atypical font. Designed
Fonts in Use — Det Kongelige Teater
Always worth the reading, Fonts in Use latest article is about the font DKT designed by Jonas Hecksher from e-Types. This font family is used in all the communication of the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. The specially designed typeface, DKT,
Fonts in Use — Det Kongelige Teater
Always worth the reading, Fonts in Use latest article is about the font DKT designed by Jonas Hecksher from e-Types. This font family is used in all the communication of the Royal Danish Theater in Copenhagen. The specially designed typeface, DKT,
New Fonts.com
Fonts.com, launched today as a public beta release. Among its enhancements, the new Fonts.com debuts as the only site to offer typefaces both through a Web font service and as desktop fonts. The site has been given an aesthetic overhaul and
New Fonts.com
Fonts.com, launched today as a public beta release. Among its enhancements, the new Fonts.com debuts as the only site to offer typefaces both through a Web font service and as desktop fonts. The site has been given an aesthetic overhaul and
Superscript²
Visual identity and communication campain of Nuits Sonores festival’s 9th edition. Electronic and indie music festival, Lyon-France Some wonderful work from Superscript², an independent Lyon based graphic design studio founded in 2006 by Pierre Delmas Bouly & Patrick Lallemand, in France. The
Superscript²
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Scrabble Typography
This lovely Scrabble board is designed by Andrew Clifford Capener: The A-1 Scrabble designer edition. The purpose of this project was to revive an old, but loved game. The idea was to excite people about typography by giving them the ability
Scrabble Typography
This lovely Scrabble board is designed by Andrew Clifford Capener: The A-1 Scrabble designer edition. The purpose of this project was to revive an old, but loved game. The idea was to excite people about typography by giving them the ability
Typecaster for life
A recent Thursday at 10:23 a.m.: In the basement of Arion Press, where they still print books the old-fashioned way, Lewis Mitchell slid open a box of parts used to change the font size on the Monotype casting machines he has
Typecaster for life
A recent Thursday at 10:23 a.m.: In the basement of Arion Press, where they still print books the old-fashioned way, Lewis Mitchell slid open a box of parts used to change the font size on the Monotype casting machines he has
Damien Gautier— editions205.fr
Damien Gautier is a designer from Paris, with his own atelier bureau205 together with Quentin Margat. Great fonts are available from the sister site editions205. They have recently released Maax, a typeface with 4 stylistic sets: standard, geometric, modern, grotesk. Also from
Damien Gautier— editions205.fr
Damien Gautier is a designer from Paris, with his own atelier bureau205 together with Quentin Margat. Great fonts are available from the sister site editions205. They have recently released Maax, a typeface with 4 stylistic sets: standard, geometric, modern, grotesk. Also from
GRANSHAN 2012 — 5th International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces
Until the 21st of May 2012 entries can be submitted for the 5th International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces which is under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the tgm – Typographische
GRANSHAN 2012 — 5th International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces
Until the 21st of May 2012 entries can be submitted for the 5th International Type Design Competition for non-Latin typefaces which is under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the tgm – Typographische
V&A PALINDROME
This beautiful signage instalation for Victoria & Albert Museum shows how far and contemporary can an aproach of the original logo go, while being so simple and close to it. It certainly reveals not only how smart the instalation is,
V&A PALINDROME
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Alphabet Topography
Great work from Synoptic Office. The physical form of language is a record of collective memory. In this monotype typeface, the height of the letterforms is determined by how often a letter is used. This typeface maps the rhythmic ebb
Alphabet Topography
Great work from Synoptic Office. The physical form of language is a record of collective memory. In this monotype typeface, the height of the letterforms is determined by how often a letter is used. This typeface maps the rhythmic ebb

Some people say that Russian is even more difficult than Chinese, not only because of the alphabet but also of the articulation of the words and so on. Of corse, coming from an ex-urss country and growing up using both Cyrillic and Latin alphabet changes some things, but it’s till nice to see how some people find it difficult!
Hi. The letters on the picture not Russian, but Ukrainian.
And info at http://www.yt.cache.waseda.ac.jp/fontguide.html is out-of-date and sometimes so wrong.