Literaturnaya
ParaType · Anatolii Shchukin, digitised by Lyubov Kuznetsova · 1996
serifbook serifitalic
The standard Cyrillic book face of the Soviet era, digitised by ParaType in 1996.
About
Literaturnaya was drawn at Poligraphmash in the late 1930s, based on Hermann Berthold's Latinskaya, and went on to set most Russian-language books from the 1950s to the 1990s. ParaType's 1996 digitisation keeps it available for anyone wanting that specific mid-century Soviet book aesthetic. A genuine historical workhorse rather than a revival for revival's sake.
Classification
A digitisation of a late-1930s Soviet book face based on Berthold's Latinskaya, this is a historical book/text serif rather than a contemporary design.
Weights
RegularItalicBoldBold Italic
Languages
LatinCyrillic
Tags
cyrillicbookhistoricaleditorialclassic