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Fita Poluustav

ParaType · Sergey Shanovich · 1995

displaycalligraphic display
Fita Poluustav specimen from ParaType

A single-weight Cyrillic typeface drawn from the poluustav semi-uncial tradition, designed by Sergey Shanovich at TypeMarket in 1995.

About

The letterforms are rooted in the historical Cyrillic semi-uncial script, with broad pen strokes, angular stroke joins and archaic glyph forms visible in the specimen. It is offered as a single Regular style with no italic or condensed variants. ParaType distributes it as a reseller for Type Market.

Classification

The specimen shows letterforms based on Cyrillic semi-uncial (poluustav) script, with broad pen strokes, angular joins and historically derived letterforms placing it firmly in the display/calligraphic category rather than conventional text type.

Weights

Regular

Languages

Cyrillic

Tags

cyrilliccalligraphichistoricalsemi-uncialdecorativeinformalslavic

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