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Schrift Foundry, Rustam Gabbasov

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Согласно Книге рекордов Гиннесса, больше всего букв в алфавите кхмерского языкаСогласно Книге рекордов Гиннесса, больше всего букв в алфавите кхмерского языка
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The Latin alphabet was used in the earliest Asturian texts. Although the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana published orthographic rules in 1981, different spelling rules are used in Terra de Miranda.The Latin alphabet was used in the earliest Asturian texts. Although the Academia de la Llingua Asturiana published orthographic rules in 1981, different spelling rules are used in Terra de Miranda.
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Далее даются описания плачевного положения дел милейшего Карла Яновича, его изношенной одежды, его скитаний по чужим углам. Описываются также и трагикомические приключения с его многострадальной рукописью, т. е. тем единственным, что все еще привязывает его к этой жизниДалее даются описания плачевного положения дел милейшего Карла Яновича, его изношенной одежды, его скитаний по чужим углам. Описываются также и трагикомические приключения с его многострадальной рукописью, т. е. тем единственным, что все еще привязывает его к этой жизни
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Prince John held his high festival in the Castle of Ashby. This was not the same building of which the stately ruins still interest the traveller, and which was erected at a later period by the Lord Hastings, High Chamberlain of England, one of the first victims of the tyranny of Richard the Third, and yet better known as one of Shakspeare’s characters than by his historical fame. The castle and town of Ashby, at this time, belonged to Roger de Quincy.Prince John held his high festival in the Castle of Ashby. This was not the same building of which the stately ruins still interest the traveller, and which was erected at a later period by the Lord Hastings, High Chamberlain of England, one of the first victims of the tyranny of Richard the Third, and yet better known as one of Shakspeare’s characters than by his historical fame. The castle and town of Ashby, at this time, belonged to Roger de Quincy.
About

Retros was designed to unite two distinct lettering styles: the fluid, contrasting strokes of broad-nib brush calligraphy and the sharp, precise lines of chiseled stone carving. Retros merges the strength and precision of a chisel carving into stones with the softness of a brush gliding over paper.

The spectacular rhythm of Retros resembles the Soviet book calligraphy from 1950s to the mid-1960s and, at times, cool jazz, Luis Buñuel’s montage techniques, and the stems of wine glasses.

The character proportions were inspired by the calligraphy of East German, Hungarian, and Bulgarian artists of the 1960s, as well as modern English calligraphy. In addition, inscriptions carved on tombstones in Highgate Cemetery, London, influenced the design.

Retros offers a large number of alternates, discretionary ligatures, and two sets of circled figures (white in black circles and black in white circles). Retros supports 288 languages, including Abaza, spoken in Turkey and Karachay-Cherkessia, and Zulu, used by the Nguni people of South Africa.

Specimen (PDF, 228 KB)
Features

Standard ligatures, contextual ligatures, proportional lining figures, proportional oldstyle figures, fractions, denominator, numerator, five stylistic sets

Languages

Afrikaans, Azeri (cyr), Bashkir, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chechen, Chuvash, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ingush, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish (lat), Kyrghiz, Latvian, Moldavian (cyr), Mongolian (cyr), Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Tadzhik, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek (Cyr), Uzbek (lat), and others

Authors

Schrift Foundry

Schrift Foundry started from more than a decade of experience in typography and publishing at Schrift Publishers, founded by Eugene Yukechev and Rustam Gabbasov in 2013. Over the years, Schrift Publishers released dozens of publications on typography and the art of type. Among their notable book releases are monographs on Solomon Telingater, Vladimir Favorsky, Adrian Frutiger, Villu Toots, and a translation of Eric Gill’s “An Essay on Typography”.

In 2020, Schrift Foundry was established with the arrival of Dmitry Pilikov, marking a new phase in their work and bringing a more focused, systematic approach to type production. By now, the foundry offered a diverse collection of fonts and provided custom type production for a wide range of customers. Their typefaces are designed to balance form and function, whether for book layouts or large-scale media projects.

Schrift Foundry approaches typography as both an art and a craft. Their designs reflect a curiosity of how people engage with text, resulting in fonts that are not only visually appealing but also practical and reliable across different contexts.

Rustam Gabbasov

Rustam is a graphic designer, a publisher, and a co-founder of Shrift Publishers. He graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, and the “Type and Typography” course at the British Higher School of Art and Design. Rustam is also a researcher, whose work includes numerous studies and articles that explore the history and impact of Vkhutemas typography.

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