Ot Avtora is a series of readings launched by Roman Liberov and Vladimir Rayevsky The Russian Ministry of Justice believes Roman Liberov and Vladimir Rayevsky are foreign agents. According to the Russian law, we have to mention that even if we are talking about their poetry-related project in Moscow back in 2016. At each of these events, an invited poet would read and comment on their selected work. All 64 readings that the project’s creators eventually were able to host — before the war started — were recorded and edited, and are now available on the website otavtora.world.

The project’s texts are set in Factor A by Interval Type and Zyablik by Ivan Pivovarov. The website was designed by Irina Goryacheva and Anna Khilko.

Factor A is a kind of synthesis of several grotesques of the early 20th century. The family comes in four styles of various widths, each of seven weights ranging from Ultralight to Black plus italics. There are also two sets of lowercase characters and numerous alternates, all built around the idea of a handwritten loop.