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Re: Is this a 'w' ?
No, this is indeed a variety of the Cyrillic yat. In late 19th – early 20th century this form, which looks like a П + Ь ligature, existed even in u.c. And yes, it is remindful of the capital N in ‘F…3 -
Re: What was the very first typeface described as “feminine”?
In Russian nouns are gender-sensitive, and that applies to the names of typefaces. Гротеск (grotesk) is masculine, and антиква (antikva) feminine. Therefore, Univers is a boy but Helvetica is a girl……3
