Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Fonts are in the news, so I'm going to take the opportunity to port over an old thread: what was typography like in the Soviet Union? Spoiler: they did not just have 1 font everyone had to use. As a matter of fact, there were 39. One of them, you can see here, used to great effect for "Chernobyl." 9569130
taimar @taimar.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Here’s a story about a few additional Soviet-era typefaces — Tallinn Infošrift and Tallinn Grotesk — from Estonia, both designed for the 1980 Tallinn Olympic Regatta leida.artun.ee/en/issues/to...leida.artun.eeLeidaLeida is an online journal initiated by the Faculty of Design, Estonian Academy of Arts and is focused on publishing texts that describe, analyse and reflect upon the various facets of being human and... 000
Yoruichi Dragon @yoruichidragon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025that was such a good show one of my favorite lines from it: 020
Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 12/12/2025This magazine linked to me by @mietek.bsky.social at the start of November is also a rich tour of Soviet type publ.lib.ru/ARCHIVES/M/'... #typography 000
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025This bad boy is Журнальная рубленая (Zhurnalnaya Roublennaya / Magazine Sans); a hard-working typeface with plenty of wonky, slightly drunk character. It's been modernized by Grilli Type Foundry as GT Eesti, updating it with cool features like variable widths and not looking like shit.fontsinuse.comZhurnalnaya Roublennaya: A Poor Man’s FuturaAn unusual geometric sans, born out of necessity in a Soviet Union of limited type choices, sparks new study and revivals. 21054
Judith Taylor @earther.bsky.social · 11/12/2025I edited web publications for IBM, Cisco, and other tech companies for years. Sans serif fonts are easier to read onscreen. Times Roman is typically used in printed publications or for headlines online. This is, to put it politely, an ill-informed decision. Doesn't he have important work to do? 110
Alina est une Русинка🏳️🌈❌️👑 @winterlongone.bsky.social · 11/12/2025My grandmother had books, newspapers, etc. from very early Soviet Union (from Ukraine) before standardization. I loved looking at them as a child; she taught me basic words/sentences. My father was fluent at a teen level. I remember more ornate print in newspapers vs. plainer book print. 020