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Natalia Vasilyeva

Natalya Vasilyeva (from Barnaul, Siberia) is a type designer, book designer and calligrapher, also engaged in editing, publishing, photography and computer design. She published these typefaces, which, unless explicitly mentioned, are all done at Paratype:

• Adonis (2002). A 4-style text typeface. She added a major update, Adonis New, in 2021.
• Adventure (2000). A calligraphic script.
• Aelita (2014). A transitional typeface family.
• Astrosym (2010, Paratype).
• Barnaul Grotesk (2007): a humanist sans in 8 styles.
• Barry Gothic (1996, TypeMarket), a Cyrillic extension of Adobe's Charlemagne (1989).
• Bella.
• Blick (2008, ParaType): a decorative sans.
• Calendula (2017, Paratype). A very humanistic sans typeface family.
• Cometa.
• Crassula (2018). An organic sans.
• Deca Sans (2010) and Deca Serif (2010). It was designed to be readable at small sizes, thanks to its low contrast. In 2017, she added Deca Serif New.
• Elina and Elina Decor (2011). A graceful, decorative and calligraphic set of typefaces.
• Emploi (2009: Emploi Travesti and Emploi Ingenue) is pure calligraphic pleasure.
• Express (2001): a Cyrillic version of a brush typeface by the same name designed for Ludwig&Mayer in 1957 by Walter Hoehnisch.
• Hortensia (2000). A calligraphic typeface.
• Illusion (2019). A calligraphic typeface.
• Iowan Old Style (2017, Paratype). This is the Cyrillic extension of John Downer's Iowan Old Style (1990, Bitstream).
• Journal and Journal Sans Old School (2019), which is a modernized digital version of the widely popular (geometric) Journal Sans, which became famous via its use in Science and Life magazine of the 1960s.
• Kudryashev.
• Liana (1998, TypeMarket): a flowing script based on Lainie of Soft Horizons.
• Lockon (2008, ParaType): a slightly curly hanprinted script.
• Margon (2012, Paratype). This was a major contribution---a serif font family with a temperate design, i.e., small serifs, moderate contrast, and tiny roundings on the corners. The Margon font family consists of 18 members divided into 4 groups of different proportions with indices 360, 380, 400, 430.
• Master Flo (2007): simulation of a broad-nibbed pen.
• Melody.
• Mirandolina (2008, ParaType): a freestyle serif typeface family in seven styles.
• Mister Earl.
• Motiv (2003, Paratype). A cursive calligraphic script for Latin and Cyrillic.
• Muffin (2017, Paratype). A five-style soft and rounded humanistic low-contrast sans serif based on broad nib writing.
• Nat Flight (2009, ParaType). A text family.
• Nat Grotesk (2007, Paratype). A geometric sans family.
• Nat Vignette (2000-2002): a great set of ornamental and border typefaces).
• NataliScript (2000). A calligraphic script.
• Orbi Sans (2011) and Orbi (2010).
• Pallada (2008, ParaType) has the same genetic roots as Mirandolina but comes in only 4 styles.
• Prospect (1997-2001).
• Sans Rounded (TypeMarket, 1998): an extension of VAG Rounded.
• Scientia (2016, Paratype): a neutral sans for scientific publications. In that same genre, she designed the 22-style text family Hyperon (2020, Paratype) for publications on mathematics and physics. Each font is loaded with about 1100 glyphs, including many symbols. All fonts cover Latin, Greek and Cyrillic.
• Selina (2007). A 9-style low-contrast modern type family.
• Vesna. Zapf Elliptical 711.

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