Cyrillicsly

Serious about Cyrillics! A collection of historical and contemporary material, of personal thoughts and opinions on Cyrillic Type Design

Cyrillicsly

Cyrillic basic construction

Let’s start with the basis of each letter—its skeleton. These samples were created for teaching purposes. They illustrate the basic difference in the skeletons of the Cyrillic Roman, Italic and Script. While in Cyrillic Roman it may seem that uppercase and lowercase characters are very similar, Cyrillic lowercase Italic and script constructions are quite different. The difference between the Italic and Script forms is particularly interesting for understanding the roots of the language specific forms.

The samples were created with the help of a strong hand of Irina Smirnova.

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You can download a pdf of these samples here.