On a mission to create the world’s biggest index of typefaces from the world’s best type foundries.

11,448 typefaces  566 foundries

Blagovest 6

ParaType · Alexey Chekulaev · 1994

displaydecorative blackletter-influenced
Blagovest 6 specimen from ParaType

A 1994 Russian display typeface from Double Alex Font Studio, drawing on old Slavic letterform traditions with angular, modular construction and dramatic vertical strokes.

About

Designed by Alexey Chekulaev at Double Alex Font Studio in 1994, Blagovest 6 is a single-weight display face rooted in old Russian ecclesiastical lettering. The letterforms are angular and geometric, with narrow counters, sharp terminals and a stencil-like rigidity that suits decorative headline use. Available in one style only.

Classification

The specimen shows angular, modular letterforms with strong vertical emphasis and blackletter-derived construction, combined with geometric counters and stencil-like cuts – characteristic of a Russian display style rooted in old Slavic ecclesiastical lettering.

Weights

Six

Languages

Cyrillic

Tags

decorativeblackletter-influencedslavicold-russiandisplayvintageangularstencil

Similar typefaces