font_foundry: ParaType

Compact

Compact font

The typeface was designed at ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1991 by Vladimir Yefimov. Based on Anons by Gennady Baryshnikov. An extra condensed sans serif. For use in advertising and display typography. The decorative styles were...

Corrida

Corrida font

Designed for ParaType (ParaGraph) in 1989 by Elvira Slysh. Based on Slogan of Ludwig & Mayer type foundry, 1959, by Helmut Matheis. An informal flowing script simulating pointed brush calligraphy. A style of medium...

Crash

Crash font

Developed at ParaType in 1995 by Alexander Tarbeev, based on Pragmatica, 1989, by Vladimir Yefimov. For use in advertising and display typography.

Xenia

Xenia font

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 Alexander Tarbeev.

Wind

Wind font

Developed at ParaType in 1995 by Alexander Tarbeev, based on TextBook, 1987, by Emma Zakharova. For use in advertising and display typography.

Vesna

Vesna font

PT Vesna™ was designed by Natalia Vasilyeva in 2000. Licensed by ParaType. An original calligraphic script for use in advertising and display typography.

Text Book

Text Book font

Designed at Polygraphmash in 1958 by Elena Tsaregorodtseva; Latin characters and italic were added in 1987 by Emma Zakharova. An early sans serif (‘Grotesque’), it was developed for primers and the first level school...

Adventure

Adventure font

PT Adventure™ was designed by Natalia Vasilyeva and licensed by ParaType in 2001. An original calligraphic script. For use in advertising and display typography.

Ariergard

Ariergard font

PT Ariergard™. Type family of three weights was designed by Oleg Karpinsky in 2000-2001 and licensed by ParaType. It’s characterized by sharp geometrical letterforms and includes antique Cyrillic letter shapes: N has a diagonal...

Tauern

Tauern font

A family of extra compressed styles designed at ParaType in 1993 by Alexander Tarbeev. For use in advertising and display typography. Decorative versions were added in 1996.