Authentic Ukrainian fonts

At Snig we love to research the roots, the senses and our heritage and we profoundly appreciate our colleagues who also do so. Today we wanted to share the great pieces of Ukrainian type design which we often use in our concepts and projects. Even you might know all them well and might seen in use multiple times yet do you know who stands behind each bar, serif and tail? Let’s get a closer look at our favs of blue and yellow fonts.

Buduj-Sans

The font is based on historical forms of the 11th century Cyrillic alphabet, which uses the characteristic shapes and serifs of the time. We used it in the hajster project. 
Check it live: hajster.com

AgnetsType

Agnets Type is a modern display font. We used it in the Ukrainian Christmas cards project. 
Check it live: christmas.snig.digital

Fixel

MacPaw developed two internal fonts to emphasize this duality: the grotesque Fixel and the accented Hoover.“Fixel and Hoover are the names of two cats that have lived with MacPaw for over a decade and have become an integral part of our family.”

Nyght Serif

In 2023, it received the Typographic Excellence Certificate award in the occasion of the 69th edition of the Type Directors Club competition.

CY GROTESK

CY GROTESK is the result of a combination of the clear forms of the European neo-grotesques of the mid-twentieth century and the expressiveness of the grotesque.

Namu

The typeface was created by Dmytro Rastvortsev in 2018 for the National Art Museum of Ukraine, after researching the museum's collection and ancient lettering. It has several drawings that correspond to different eras.

Univermag

The Univermag typeface was created based on the exterior signage of the Kharkiv Central Department Store. The building was designed by architect Movshovich in 1952.

Neutral face

Neutral Face Sans Serif Font is an elegant sans serif font with a beautiful contrast. It’s a contemporary sans serif typeface inspired by Swiss style.

Repyakh

Developed by Lev Type in collaboration with Dmytro Rastvortsev. Inspired by lettering of Mykola Butovych.

Attack Type

A typeface with a full rebuild of glyphs, alternative forms, Cyrillic characters, with a Ukraine-centered form, and additional kerning pairs.

Taktika Sans

A brand font of Taktika Agency. Designed specifically for Ukrainian Cyrillic, this font doesn't support russian symbols.

Twid Grotesk

TwidGrotesk was created to fill a gap in the world of Cyrillic fonts. TwidGrotesk brings a clean, versatile look that works for everything from branding to editorial design, all while carrying a distinctly Ukrainian character.

Kingfall

Kingfall is a handwritten medieval typeface sketched with a flat calligraphic nib. The design is built on the contrast between small condensed lowercases and large decorative uppercases that can also function as initials.

PP Neue Corp

Neue Corp is a versatile typeface, crafted to be the ultimate creative tool for any advertising, marketing, or digital endeavor.

Anthony

Anthony (Lat) is a typeface inspired from artworks by British sculptor Anthony Caro. The form of this typeface comes from his sculptures that are leaning against each other.

Trickster

According to Wikipedia, in mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphic creature), which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and which uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour.

Grunt grotesk

Grunt Grotesk is a modern Ukrainian sans-serif typeface with a number of distinct characteristics, which make it unboring but still great in the massive text blocks.

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