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A single-weight revival of 19th-century Russian poluustav lettering drawn from the historical typefaces of the Imperial Synodal press.
About
Designed at SoftUnion between 1993 and 1994 by Alexander Shishkin and Nikolay Vsesvetsky, Evangelie draws directly on the poluustav typefaces used by the Russian Synodal press during the 19th century. The style sits within the Cyrillic ecclesiastical lettering tradition, distinct from Western blackletter forms, and carries the formal, upright character of liturgical printing. Available as a single Regular weight, it suits display and poster applications requiring an old Russian register.
Classification
A revival of 19th-century Russian poluustav letterforms from the Synodal press, placing it firmly in the Cyrillic ecclesiastical blackletter tradition distinct from Western Gothic scripts.