Journal Sans New was developed by Alexandra Korolkova, Maria Selezeneva and released by ParaType. Journal Sans New contains 6 designs and family plan alternatives. p > The Journal Sans typeface was established in the Type Design Department of DAY SPA of Printing Machinery in Moscow in 1940-- 1956 by the group of designers under Anatoly Schukin. It was based upon Erbar Grotesk by Jacob Erbar and City Sans by William A. Dwiggins, the geometric sans-serifs of the 1920s with the pronounced industrial spirit. Journal Sans, Rublenaya (Sans-Serif), and Textbook typefaces were the main Soviet sans-serifs. So not surprising that it was digitized rather early, in the first half of 1990s. Until just recently, Journal Sans consisted of three faces and retained all the issues of early digitization, such as incorrect curves or side-bearings copied directly from metal-type version.

The years of 2013 and 2014 made "irregular" geometric sans-serifs fashionable, and that reality impacted Journal Sans. In the old variation curves were remedied and the character set was broadened by Olexa Volochay. In the brand-new release, besides small enhancements, a substantial work has actually been performed to make the old typeface work much better in digital typography and modern design practice.

Maria Selezeneva substantially worked over the style of some glyphs, expanded the character set, added some options, totally changed the side-bearings and kerning. Likewise, the Journal Sans New has numerous brand-new faces, such as true italic (the older font had slanted version for the italic), an Inline face based on the Bold, and the Show face with proportions near the original Erbar Grotesk.

The new version of Journal Sans, while keeping all peculiarities and the commercial spirit of 1920s-1950s, is undoubtedly totally adapted to the contemporary digital truth. It can be beneficial either for bringing historical spirit into design or for modern and stylish typography, both in print and on screen.

Designed by Maria Selezeneva with the involvement of Alexandra Korolkova. Launched by ParaType in 2014.

Font Family:
· Journal Sans New Display
· Journal Sans New
· Journal Sans New Italic
· Journal Sans New Oblique
· Journal Sans New Inline
· Journal Sans New Bold

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