A Typeface Design on the Basis of Soviet Lettering

The topic of the present visual research is "Soviet Lettering". It is devoted to studying the history of Soviet lettering, the reasons for its creation, its development and usage, styles and techniques. The aim of the paper is to try to demonstrate the diversity of Soviet lettering, as well as to identify its design features that can be interesting for the modern designer. The collected examples prove that Soviet designers, using only one method, could achieve a great variety. As for the characteristic features of the Soviet lettering, which can be useful in creating fonts based on it , the following features were defined: - modified graphemes; - the increased mass of the letter on the other; - failed baseline; - strokes above the "t" and under the "sh", "uh"; - the presence of end elements; - decorative connecting elements (logos of refrigerators); - torn edges; - «shades» with a broken contour.