Due to unplanned last minute event, we had to postpone the lecture and workshop on Cyrillic script with Maria Doreuli @contrastfoundry and @krista
Initially planned for May 3, and May 10 + 24, the new dates are:
June 21 (lecture)
June 28 + July 12 (workshop)
If you already purchased your ticket with the previous dates and the new ones don't work for you anymore, please reach out if you wish to get a refund.
Tickets available at https://wordsoftype.com/
[8½ years ago today]
I found my #doppelganger in a #painting. The #cyrillic #inscription makes me think he was called #Peter and was a #missionary in #japan. | #typographyinthewild #typography #Russian #russiantypography #cyrillictypography
(First posted 8 Sept. 2016 by me [@]munk_typography@instagram.com)
And the new workshop!
Introduction to Cyrillic
with 
Maria Doreuli and @krista 
Our workshops are recorded so participants can (re)watch them anytime!
MAY 10 + 24, 2025
5 to 9 p.m. CEST (Paris time)
Online, in English
220€
More info and 
at https://wordsoftype.com/
#ad #workshop #cyrillic #typography #typedesign #typeface #fonts
NEW Lecture + Workshop!!!
Cyrillic script and typography
with 
Maria Doreuli and @krista 
This lecture explores the origins and development of the Cyrillic script, its key features, and typographic conventions. We’ll examine common mistakes in Cyrillic typography and type design and ways to avoid them.
Our lectures are recorded so attendees can (re)watch them anytime!
MAY 3, 2025
5 to 6:30 p.m. CEST (Paris time)
Online, in English
20€
O. Снарский [O. Snarsky], Шрифты/Алфавиты [Typefaces/Alphabets], Kyiv, 1979.
One of several lettering manuals and alphabet source books by Snarsky in our collection. See more from this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/letterformarchive/albums/72157717675267558/
Know more about Snarsky? Tell us!
Botanical gardens, Tiflis, Russia, (i.e., Tbilisi, Georgia) between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of architecture and other sites primarily in Poland, Russia, and the Ukraine
#Botanical #Tiflis #Russia #Tbilisi #Georgia #Poland #Ukraine #Cyrillic #Russian #Типография #Ботаническийсад #BotanicalPark #photography #historicalPhotos
Untitled photo, possibly related to: Farmer who has small plot in rapidly growing settlement of lettuce workers on outskirts of Salinas, California
#Salinas #California #Cyrillic #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
Along the highway near Bakersfield, California. Dust bowl refugees
#Bakersfield #California #DustBowl #theGreatDepression #America #third #Cyrillic #DorotheaLanges #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange
![The image is a black and white photograph depicting a group of people, presumably part of the Dust Bowl refugees during the Great Depression era in America. The setting appears to be an outdoor rural area with dry grass on the ground, suggesting a lack of vegetation typical after extended periods without rainfall. A wooden makeshift structure serves as a cooking station where food is being prepared over an open flame.
In total, there are seven individuals visible; four adults and three children. One adult male wears a wide-brimmed hat indicative of farming work or outdoor labor, another man sports a cap while wearing spectacles, the third adult appears to be a woman with her hair pulled back and dressed in practical clothes for fieldwork.
The women include one holding an infant on her chest and another standing beside them. The children are various ages - a young boy possibly around ten years old stands near his mother, two girls appear older than four but not quite as mature; the youngest girl is held by an adult woman with dark hair.
Their expressions range from focused to contemplative while they engage in their tasks or gaze into the distance, reflecting perhaps hardship and uncertainty. In the background lies a tractor, hinting at agricultural work that may have been interrupted due to drought conditions resulting in the migration of these families away from their lands.
The text "ЗЕСПАЯ" is superimposed on top [...]](https://mastodon.ozioso.online/system/media_attachments/files/113/574/202/228/525/376/original/0296a648b9d2d392.jpeg "The image is a black and white photograph depicting a group of people, presumably part of the Dust Bowl refugees during the Great Depression era in America. The setting appears to be an outdoor rural area with dry grass on the ground, suggesting a lack of vegetation typical after extended periods without rainfall. A wooden makeshift structure serves as a cooking station where food is being prepared over an open flame.
In total, there are seven individuals visible; four adults and three children. One adult male wears a wide-brimmed hat indicative of farming work or outdoor labor, another man sports a cap while wearing spectacles, the third adult appears to be a woman with her hair pulled back and dressed in practical clothes for fieldwork.
The women include one holding an infant on her chest and another standing beside them. The children are various ages - a young boy possibly around ten years old stands near his mother, two girls appear older than four but not quite as mature; the youngest girl is held by an adult woman with dark hair.
Their expressions range from focused to contemplative while they engage in their tasks or gaze into the distance, reflecting perhaps hardship and uncertainty. In the background lies a tractor, hinting at agricultural work that may have been interrupted due to drought conditions resulting in the migration of these families away from their lands.
The text \"ЗЕСПАЯ\" is superimposed on top [...]")
Spotted this extremely unusual stylized script on some graffiti in Split, Croatia. Pretty sure the second word is in Glagolitic letters, but I can’t decipher the letters.
What does it say? And what does it mean? Any help would be much appreciated.
#introduction HI I am Randolph, I am a #neurodivergent #furry with #autism with a special place in my heart for #hymns, #anthems (mainly #nationalanthems and #historicalanthems), authoritarian states' #propaganda and #propagandasongs, any #politicalmusic and sometimes #folkmusic or normal music in languages like #russian or #kyrgyz or #turkish. Quite interested in the #RussiaUkraineWar and #specialmilitaryoperation propaganda too.
#sovietsocialistrepublics and #ssranthems are awesome (in fact WW2 and Cold War period are my favorite), I like #geopolitics, #vexillology, #mapping.
My normaler interests include #linguistics, alongside English I speak #italianlanguage and #sicilianlanguage (interested in its preservation too), #lettering and #alphabets and #writingsystems, particularly the #Cyrillic and #greekscript. Knows #csharp. And is a #phonetics and #internationalphoneticalphabet nerd. I really like #hyenas, #foxes, #seals, and #otters. And that's about enough.
“Antik”, as seen in Type: for Graphic Designers, compiled by Grigory Filippovich Klikushin, Minsk, 1979
Inventing Cyrillic
“In the 890s, having recently converted to Orthodox Christianity, Boris ensured his church would be independent from the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Although interested in their religion, he was clearly concerned with curtailing Byzantine influence in his newly Christianised state. The alphabet offered an opportunity: by adopting it, Boris could ensure that Byzantine culture could not arrive in Bulgaria unmediated.”
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/inventing-cyrillic
#History #Histodon #Histodons #Cyrillic #Alphabet #Europe #Langauge #Medieval #Medievodons @histodon @histodons @medievodons
Build custom #Docker images to internationalize #pandoc and use it with non-Latin scripts.
Example image for Ukrainian, adding a font with #Cyrillic glyphs:
FROM pandoc/latex
RUN tlmgr install babel-ukrainian
RUN apk --no-cache add font-opensans
Build and use with
docker build -t pandoc/ukr -f Dockerfile .
docker run … pandoc/ukr --pdf-engine=lualatex …
Example:
---
mainfont: Open Sans
lang: uk
---
# Приклад українською
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@gimulnautti @markmetz Aaargh! This misuse of the Cyrillic alphabet is so irritating! It took me some time to understand why one of the military hats has the name of the Ukrainian state digital services app Дія...
https://meduza.io/amp/en/shapito/2017/09/21/the-trouble-with-yaussiai
At no point in the making of this sign did anyone think to ask someone with any knowledge of the Cyrillic alphabet to look it over. It was just put in capital letters in a display window for all to see.
NACKABO NPOCNMO
I managed to figure out, it's supposed to say “Welcome” in Ukrainian. Most of the letters are actually identical to the latin letters used here, but the latin letter N is doing a lot of work, standing in for Л, П and И.
Our next Cyrillic Type Design workshop starts on October 4th. Luckily for you we still have a few spots left!
More info and tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cyrillics-fundamentals-tickets-648312499137?
TypeType is a type design studio founded in 2013 and best known for their sans serifs with support for Latin and #Cyrillic, like TT Norms, TT Commons, TT Hoves. New this month is TT Neoris, conceived by Yulia Gonina and designed by the TypeType team led by Antonina Zhulkova and Marina Khodak.
TypeType currently #sponsors Fonts In Use. We are grateful for their support. Check out their website at https://typetype.org
