A Typeface Based on the 16th Century Russian Cyrillic Handwriting

Student: Kondrashova Anna

Educational Programme: Design (Bachelor)

Final Grade: 10

Year of Graduation: 2024

The visual research was dedicated to the Ustav letterforms in the 10-14th century. The book is supposed to be a manual for typeface designers. The research included the analysis of letter construction, identintification of main forms, examples from manuscripts with author's comments. Calligraphical tutorials, some points frome paleography studies and whole pages from manuscripts were presented in the book.

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