Decor

Designed in 1989 by Gennady Baryshnikov with participation of Vladimir Yefimov. Based on the calligraphic typeface of 1979 by Moscow book and type designer Pavel Kuzanyan (1901–1992). For use in…

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Didona font

Didona

Designed at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1992 by Vladimir Yefimov. Based on letterforms of Firmin Didot, a French typographer from the 18th century, ITC Didi, of 1970, by Herb Lubalin and…

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New Standard font

New Standard

Designed at Polygraphmash circa 1940 (project manager Anatoly Shchukin). Based on the text typefaces of the late 19th and early 20th centuries of Obyknovennaya (Common) group. The digital version developed…

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Octava font

Octava

PT Octava™ was designed at ParaType in 2001 by Vladimir Yefimov. The first (Cyrillic only) version named Scriptura Russica (1996) consisting of three styles (book, italic, bold) was commissioned by…

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Petersburg font

Petersburg

Designed at ParaType in 1992 by Vladimir Yefimov. Based on Kudryashevskaya Encyclopedicheskaya of Polygraphmash, 1960-74, a typeface by Nikolai Kudryashev and Zinaida Maslennikova. A very lightweight style with neutral letterforms,…

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Pragmatica Slab font

Pragmatica Slab

Pragmatica Slabserif was designed as a complement to the popular type family Pragmatica by Vladimir Yefimov and Isabella Chaeva (1989-2004) by addition of square serifs. Inspired by Helserif (Phil Martin,…

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PT Sans Pro font

PT Sans Pro

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PT Sans Pro is a comprehensive type family intended for a wide range of applications. It consists of 32 styles: 6 weights (from light to black) with corresponding italics of…

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PT Serif Pro font

PT Serif Pro

PT Serif Pro is an universal type family designed for use together with PT Sans Pro family released earlier. PT Serif Pro coordinates with PT Sans Pro on metrics, proportions,…

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Standard Poster font

Standard Poster

Designed at Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1986. Based on "English" bold styles of the Ossip Lehmann type foundry (St.-Petersburg), of mid-19th century. The digital version was developed at ParaType…

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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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