Oleg Karpinsky

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Oleg Karpinsky Ukrainian type designer (b. Vinnitsa, Ukraine, 1954) and graphic designer. Graduate of the Moscow Higher School of Design in 1980. Since 1993, affiliated with Paratype. Designer at Paratype of Dublon, Dublon Light (1994; or: Dublon Brus), Gvardia (2001), PT Orden (2001), PT Stroganov (2002), Ariergard (2001, a Cyrillic sans; +Rondo), Bublik (2004, a poster font at Paratype that won an award at the TDC2 2005 type competition), Irakly BT (2004, Bitstream), Rossika (2004, Paratype), Chervonec Uzkj (2003, Bitstream). MyFonts sells Ariergard, Ariergard Rondo (2005, more circular shapes of this sans), Bublik, Chervonec Uzkj BT, Dublon, Gvardia, Irakly BT, Orden, Plastilin (2005), Quartal (2010), Rossika, Kartell (2006, 6 styles: simulates religious orthodox writing), Mellnik (2006, a humanist sans in 14 styles), Lunokhod (2006, think an organic version of Bank Gothic, 4 styles), Yess (2007, Paratype; a rounded display sans used in advertising posters for the Soviet state foreign trade company Soyuzchimexort in the early 1980s) and Stroganov. In 2009, he added a Latin alphabet to Svetlana Yermolaeva's Izhitsa (1988). In 2011, he cyrillicized Freehand 471 BT. In 2011, Oleg published Titla Brus Condensed at Paratype. This is a flared slab family that extends Titla Condensed (2009). In 2013, he designed the humanist sans typeface family Foros at Paratype. FontShop link. ParaType link. Klingspor link. Showcase of Oleg Karpinsky's typefaces at MyFonts.	EXTERNAL LINKS Oleg Karpinsky [Designer info] Klingspor Museum page MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type design in Russia ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Type design in Ukraine ⦿