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Musing about a Russian Vyaz font
I was toying around with an idea of a new Vyaz' font for a while now, but the sheer mind-boggling amount of ligatures and heavy scripting required to accommodate a proper and versatile face seemed unmanageable. Thus, I finally decided that a simple vector file would be a better alternative, with a basic modular design, a handful of letter alternatives, ligatures and decorative elements, providing the user with the freedom to construct their own combinations. here are the first sketches of this Idea:
Church Slavonic:
Longer passage without archaic letters:
Different ligature options:
This is what I am trying to base it on:
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10 Sep 2009 — 12:39am
tnx..
can you do it then on my name?
john louie?
10 Sep 2009 — 9:16am
Certainly!
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www.ivangdesign.com
10 Sep 2009 — 9:46am
This is great stuff.
hhp
10 Sep 2009 — 6:08pm
thanx so much..
youll see this on my skin nxt week..
i love it..
i'll send you a pic of this once its on my skin..
hehehe
thanks again..
11 Sep 2009 — 4:24pm
@John
Ouch! Guess this isn't the good time to confess I made a typo...
Kidding.
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Personal Art and Design Portal of Ivan Gulkov
www.ivangdesign.com
11 Sep 2009 — 5:55pm
haha..
thats ok with me!!
they wouldnt notice it by the way..
hehehe..
thnx again...
21 Oct 2009 — 1:30pm
a latin version would familiar to a historian. some earls diplomatic charters got a similiar script, e.g.
a font could look like that:
Henricvs quintus sacrae trinitatis graria rex romanorum
21 Oct 2009 — 2:51pm
Is it to late to ask for one of these? Pretty please… :)
Patrick
22 Oct 2009 — 1:54pm
It's never too late to ask :)
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Personal Art and Design Portal of Ivan Gulkov
www.ivangdesign.com
22 Oct 2009 — 2:33pm
Thanks a ton!
Patrick
26 Oct 2009 — 7:54pm
I love looking at this style. It's making me blind, but I love it. I say work up latin.
26 Nov 2009 — 11:51am
Check out the Arabic at the bottom of this image:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27783075@N07/4110455018
(Although frankly it's very hard to read.)
hhp
26 Nov 2009 — 6:04pm
Can you, WILL you do me - Dina Lydia? THANKS!
28 Nov 2009 — 6:16pm
Brilliant.
30 Nov 2009 — 2:56pm
@ Dina
Catch!
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30 Nov 2009 — 8:56pm
The above reads ‘DINALINDA’ (ДИНАЛИНДА) to me…
1 Dec 2009 — 12:28am
@Maxim
Oops, I misread the name
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1 Dec 2009 — 10:33am
@Dina
Fixed.
Sorry about the mess-up, I was in a bit of a hurry and misread your name.
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Personal Art and Design Portal of Ivan Gulkov
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1 Dec 2009 — 11:29am
Oh my! These are truly wonderful. I've been trying to get my hands on Russian calligraphy books for a while to learn about this kind of type but they seem hard to find (the research assistant at my university doubts their existence ...).
In the meantime, could you do my name? Thanks!
Тимофей Мотт
1 Dec 2009 — 12:37pm
Books on Russian Calligraphy:
Note: this is my own attempt at translating names and titles, they might be classed under different guises in catalogs and such.
Modern Typface, Villu Toots (Современный шрифт, Виллу Тоотс) 1966
http://www.callig.ru/node/27/
The Art of Type. Selected works of Moscow book artists in 1959-1974. By our own Maxim Zhukov (Искусство шрифта. Работы московских художников книги. 1959-1974, Максим Жуков) 1977
http://www.callig.ru/node/67/
Calligraphy for all, Propenko L.I. (Каллиграфия для всех, Проненко Л.И.) 1999
http://www.callig.ru/node/4/
Basics of type graphics, Semchenko P.A. (Основы шрифтовой графики, Семченко П.А.) 1977
http://www.callig.ru/node/14/
Book hands in XVII century Russia, Kostukhina L.M. (Книжное письмо в России XVII в., Костюхина Л. М.) 1974
http://www.callig.ru/node/153/
UPD: Forgot the attachment.
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1 Dec 2009 — 5:24pm
Thank you!
I chose my name, in part, because it sounded like it COULD be Russian...or Greek...or almost anything.
1 Dec 2009 — 5:59pm
Wonderful! Это страшно хорошо! And thank you very much for the links also.
Tim
6 Dec 2009 — 5:56pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/4146757720
hhp
5 Jan 2010 — 7:18pm
Thanks to you, Ivan, I was inspired by this new (to me) form of writing, so I took out my calligraphy pen a few weeks ago to write a card to friend. Let me pass it on to everyone here: с новым годом !
(Happy New Year!)
6 Jan 2010 — 10:06am
С новым счастьем, всех благ!
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7 Feb 2010 — 9:38pm
Here's the other russian calligraphy...
http://www.designer-daily.com/russian-calligraphy-1565
i don't know how to write essay in this fonts...
9 Feb 2010 — 3:56pm
Ivan, if you would be kind enough I'ld love to see my name in this amazing creation of yours. It shouldn't be too hard--just one letter different from your own name. Thanks!
Evan
18 Dec 2012 — 5:39am
Hi,
A while ago I readthis post. I am looking for this vector file as I'm a student of Slavic philology and would like to use it in some of my works (so non-commercial). Im willing to pay a fee if requested.
It seems Ivan Gulkov vanished, I cannot contact him and his personal page is not updated since a couple of years now.
Does anyone have this source or a link to it ? I'd appreciate it lots.
Thanks,
Miguel