On 2014-04-15, 11:37, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
for a new project I’m looking for a body font that fits Soviet Modernism. I’d like to have OpenType, high typographical quality, good readability as body text, latin and cyrillic glyphs. Free would be great, but I’d also buy.
The most used Soviet typeface is Literaturnaya. You can find it here for example: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/literaturnaya/ There is also a free digital version available. (I think you can find it on the CTAN). But all digital versions I know of are not really well-suited for body text (they are quite thin, obviously based on a display size of the original typeface). A derived typeface which is a bit better for text is Quant Antiqua: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/quant-antiqua/ While Literaturnaya/Quant are surely the best matches for Soviet typography in general, they may not be the best match for Soviet modernism. Maybe Baltica could fit better: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/baltica/ Generally, I suggest to search through the ParaType offerings. They have many nice typefaces, which are not expensive. Kind regards, Joshua Krämer