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ITC Beesknees

ParaType · David Farey, Tatiana Lyskova, Elvira Slysh · 1990

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displaydecorative sans
ITC Beesknees specimen from ParaType

A very heavy, all-caps display face originally designed for ITC in 1990 by David Farey, with a Cyrillic extension added by ParaType in 1994.

About

Modelled on lettering made with a broad brush, the design consists of extremely heavy capitals with a decorative, art-deco character suited to advertising and poster work. The Cyrillic version was developed at ParaType (ParaGraph) by Tatiana Lyskova and Elvira Slysh four years after the original Latin release. Only a single style is offered.

Classification

An all-caps, very heavy sans-serif display face with a broad-brush quality. Its chunky, decorated letterforms and art-deco character place it firmly in the display/decorative category rather than functional sans-serif.

Weights

Extra Bold

Languages

LatinCyrillic

Tags

displaydecorativeart-decocaps-onlyadvertisingposterbrushheavy

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