MegaMegaTypeType
A Russian classical serif originating from Pavel Kuzanyan's 1970 design for Polygrafmash, digitised and extended with bold styles by Lyubov Kuznetsova for ParaType in 2002.
About
Originally drawn for slugcasting and display composition, the typeface is grounded in the strict, simple letterforms of Russian classical type tradition. It won recognition at the Gutenberg international type design contest in Leipzig in 1971. The digital version, along with the bold weight and its italic, was produced by Lyubov Kuznetsova for ParaType in 2002, completing a four-style family suited to fiction and art books.
Classification
Based on Russian classical typeface letterforms with simple, strict construction; a traditional book serif rooted in Soviet-era type design for slugcasting and display composition.