Xenia

Designed for ParaType in 1990 by Lyubov Kuznetsova. A bold square-serif style. For use in advertising and display typography. The decorative style was added in 1993 by Lyubov Kuznetsova and…

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Yanus font

Yanus

Designed at ParaType in 1997 by Tagir Safayev. Inspired by Neulin Sans of Ray Gun magazine (1996). The first version of the typeface was created as part of corporate identity…

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Yefimov Sans font

Yefimov Sans

Yefimov Sans is a sans companion for Yefimov Serif. It is one of the last original faces by Vladimir Yefimov. It has contemporary design, squarish shapes of the round letters…

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Yefimov Serif font

Yefimov Serif

Yefimov Serif is a contemporary serif face, with low contrast, squarish shapes of round glyphs and emphasized businesslike nature. It is one of the last original faces by Vladimir Yefimov.…

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Yess font

Yess

Used in advertising posters for the Soviet state foreign trade company named 'Soyuzchimexort' in the early 1980s. Digital version was made for ParaType in 2007 with addition of light weight.

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Zagolovochnaya font

Zagolovochnaya

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Zagolovochnaya was based on the letterforms of Zagolovochnaya gazetnaya (Newspaper Display) type family of Polygraphmash in 1962 by Iraida Chepil et al. The face was a revival of Cyrillic version…

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Zapf Elliptical 711 font Zhikharev font

Zhikharev

Designed at Polygraphmash in 1953 by Igor Zhikharev, based on his handwriting. The digital version was developed in 1989 by Gennady Baryshnikov, with the assistance of Vladimir Yefimov. An informal…

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Zubilo font

Zubilo

An informal decorative sans serif was designed by Gennady Fridman and released by ParaType in 2004. Based on informal lettering. In Russian 'Zubilo' means 'Cold cutter' or 'Chisel'. Colorful letterforms seems to…

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Averta font

Averta

Bringing together features from early European grotesques and American gothics, Kostas Bartokas’ Averta (Greek: ‘αβέρτα’ – to act or speak openly, bluntly or without moderation, without hiding) is a new…

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