Korolev Compressed Alternates
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Korolev Compressed Alternates
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Includes: Korolev Compressed Alternates Thin, Korolev Compressed Alternates Extra Light, Korolev Compressed Alternates Light, Korolev Compressed Alternates Regular, Korolev Compressed Alternates Medium, Korolev Compressed Alternates Demi Bold, Korolev Compressed Alternates Bold, Korolev Compressed Alternates Extra Bold, Korolev Compressed Alternates Heavy
Korolev Compressed Alternates Essentials
Includes: Korolev Compressed Alternates Extra Light, Korolev Compressed Alternates Medium, Korolev Compressed Alternates Extra Bold
- About Korolev Compressed Alternates
- DF Korolev is a 72 weight geometric sans serif family based on lettering by an anonymous Soviet graphic designer from the propaganda displays at the Communist Red Square parade in 1937. It has been named in honor of Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, or Korolev, considered by many to be the father of practical astronomics. Rational and robust, it is also elegant and refined. Tracings done in Illustrator over a photograph featuring this type pinned down some of the basic character shapes. These were then imported into FontLab, where the full glyph complement was developed. The Alternate families come with a double-story “a”.
- Designed by
- Rian Hughes
- Current release
- Jan 1, 2001
- Initial release
- Jan 1, 2001
- Script(s)
- Latin
- Language support
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Western Europe, Central/Eastern Europe, Baltic, Turkish, Romanian - Features
- Stylistic Alternates, Standard Ligatures, Proportional Figures, Tabular Figures
- Font formats
- .OTF
- Individual weights & styles (9 fonts)
- Thin, Extra Light, Light, Regular, Medium, Demi Bold, Bold, Extra Bold, Heavy
- Tagged with