font_foundry: ParaType

Somaton

Somaton font

This original display family was designed by Vladlen Erium in 2000 for advertising and display typography, especially for advertising of teenage goods and services. The caps-only face has modern letterforms, dynamic slanted styles, and...

KvadratZ

KvadratZ font

An original type family designed for ParaType in 2001 by Zakhar Yaschin. The fonts were created within ‘One Touch’ project. The aim of the experiment was searching for a grapheme through primitive forms and...

Kapelka

Kapelka font

Kapelka’s design was prompted by a candy wrapper and brush lettering. For use in advertising and display typography.

Smena

Smena font

Smena was based on the lettering of the so called ‘calligraphic style’ that was very popular during the period 1940-1970. The style was used in logos, book and magazine headlines, posters, signage etc. For...

Flox

Flox font

Flox display typeface was designed in 2000 by Vladimir Pavlikov. Cyrillic was developed in 2005. The project was aimed to create a decorative vivid alphabet of geometric shapes. For use in advertising and display...

Mag Mixer

Mag Mixer font

MagMixer, a display typeface, was designed in 2005 for ParaType by Dmitry Kirsanov. During work on Magistral the designer had an idea of creating a more decorative face based on Magistral shapes but reflecting...

AuktyonZ

AuktyonZ font

An original calligraphic typeface designed for ParaType in 2001 by Zakhar Yaschin. Based on informal handwriting, One of its distinctions is an increased size of ascenders while x-height is moderate. For use in advertising...

Peter Skoropis

Peter Skoropis font

Designed for ParaType in 2003 by Gennady Fridman. The script face based on the samples of Russian handwriting of the reign of Peter The Great (early 18th century) named ‘skoropis’. A set of alternate...

Mellnik

Mellnik font

Mellnik is a sans serif of humanist style (in a way) that was developed by Oleg Karpinsky for ParaType in 2006. The type family contains nine styles with a number of alternate characters in...

Lidia

Lidia font

The decorative title typeface was designed at Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1967 by Iraida Chepil. It is a decorative variant (‘open’, or ‘engraved’) of classical serif typefaces. For use in magazine headlines, title...