“Therefore we were left with nothing more than one typeface for newspapers, one for magazines etc. “In the Soviet Union we had roughly 36 typefaces - with all the rest happily spent on our state’s military purposes,” says Yury. “It was quite challenging to even find the information you needed, or a person who could help.” Unlike the Latin alphabet, Russia wasn’t blessed with a plethora of type choices. “It was a rather neglected area of design back then in Russia, with just a couple of enthusiasts in the field,” Ilya tells It’s Nice That. Yury Ostromentsky and Ilya Ruderman were in a unique position when creating their type foundry in Russia, and that was because they were pretty much the only people doing it.
