Black Grotesk

Designed at ParaType in 1997 by Tagir Safayev. Based on Gasetny Chorny (“Newspaper Black”), of Ossip Lehmann foundry, St.-Petersburg, 1874, and Kompakte Grotesk of Haas. An old-fashioned German sans serif…

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Epsilon font

Epsilon

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Designed for ParaType in 1995 by Tagir Safayev. Based on informal handwriting. For use in advertising and display typography.

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Etienne font

Etienne

Designed for ParaType in 2002 by Tagir Safayev. Inspired by the letterforms of Antique No. 8 typeface and other similar fonts of the 19th century (Latin Antique, Wide Latin, Etienne…

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FreeSet font

FreeSet

The type family in four basic styles was designed in ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1992 by Tagir Safayev. Based on Frutiger, of Mergenthaler Linotype, 1976 by Adrian Frutiger. Frutiger font was…

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Hermes font

Hermes

The typeface was designed at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1993 by Tagir Safayev. Based on Placard typeface (Hermes Grotesk) of the Lange type foundry (St.-Petersburg), an adaptation of Hermes Grotesk, of…

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Irina font

Irina

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Designed at ParaType in 1995 by Tagir Safayev. Based on informal handwriting (caps-only). For use in advertising and display typography.

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Kremlin Pro font

Kremlin Pro

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The first version of Kremlin was designed at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1995 by Tagir Safayev. Based on an informal handwriting. Kremlin is a Russian word for a fortress or a…

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Lehmann font

Lehmann

PT Lehmann™ was designed for ParaType in 2002 by Tagir Safayev. Inspired by letterforms of Shiroky (Wide) Renaissance typeface and other fonts of Ossip Lehmann foundry, St.-Petersburg, c. 1874. A…

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Nina font

Nina

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Based on informal pen handwriting. A set of Western characters and two bold weights were added in 2011 by Gennady Fridman. For use in advertising and display typography.

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OCR One font

OCR One

Designed at ParaType in 1997 by Tagir Safayev. Based on OCR-A typeface (1968) of American Type Founders. A simple sans serif typeface designed to meet the requirements of the US…

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