Zhurnalnaya Roublennaya – The Austere Typeface of the Soviet Visual Image
Zhurnalnaya Roublennaya – The Austere Typeface of the Soviet Visual Image
Author(s): Ivar SakkSubject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts
Published by: Eesti Kunstiteadlaste Ühing
Keywords: typeface; Zhurnalnaya roublennaya; Soviet period; Estonia; fonts Eesti Text and Eesti Display
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the visual archaeology of the Soviet period. In the printed matter of the time, few typefaces were used; one of them was Zhurnalnaya roublennaya. The aim of the article is to investigate the ideological and aesthetic prototypes of the font against the background of the modernistic typefaces of the 20th century.
Journal: Kunstiteaduslikke Uurimusi
- Issue Year: 21/2012
- Issue No: 01+02
- Page Range: 207-211
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
