Typeface Little Cecily was designed on the base of Russian calligraphy sample book for primary schools "Propisi pryamogo pis' ma" (Moscow, 1914). Such kind of scripts was carried out in school programs at the end of 19th-- beginning of 20th century. There was a viewpoint that the straight writing is easier for knowing and better for children from a medical viewpoint.

The letterforms of the typeface are characterized by simplified buildings and upright style which identifies it from the list of normal school scripts and communicate to it a naive beauty and creativity. The character set covers standard Western and Cyrillic code pages and consists of some extra letters from the old Russian orthography. Besides it includes alternative letters that were presented in original book and contextual types for linked writing.

The font was designed by Olga Umpeleva.

Launched by ParaType in 2011.


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