Ilya Ruderman created the very first version of BigCity Grotesque for Bol' shoi Gorod publication (Big City). The typeface, like other humanist sans serifs, is based on the structures of old-style serifs. BigCity Grotesque was the first magazine sans serif with Cyrillic ligatures. It was honored in 2009 in the worldwide competitors, Modern Cyrillic 2009. In the most recent version, by Olga Pankova, the shapes of the letters have actually been updated, and there are new upright and italic designs, small capitals and new ligatures and non-alphabetic signs. BigCity Grotesque Pro, thanks to the vast array of weights and designs that it provides, has ended up being a major tool for satisfying all type of typographical needs: from big display screens to the most finicky typesetting.


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