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Metype [Mariya Vasiljevna Pigoulevskaya]

Mariya (b. Belarus) joined The Northern Block Type Foundry in 2012 after successfully completing a Master of Arts in Future Design at Teesside University. In 2014, she set up Metype. Based in Hexham, UK(and before that, Wylam, UK and Middlesbrough, UK), Mariya designed the humanist sans Latin/Cyrillic typeface family Baufra (2012, The Northern Block).

In 2013, she published the 8-style geometric sans typeface family Neusa at The Northern Block (which was extended to Neusa Next in 2017). Hapna Mono (2013, The Northern Block) is a free mini-slabbed typeface. Its commercial companion is Hapna Slab Serif. The nine-style geometric sans Latin / Cyrillic typeface family Tabia was inspired by the work and principles of the iconic german industrial designer Dieter Rams, who is closely associated with the consumer product company Braun and the Functionalist school of industrial design. Still in 2013, she published the brush typeface Velik, the geometric condensed sans serif ink-trapped typeface family Kizo and the neutral sans family Uninsta at The Northern Block.

Typefaces from 2014 at The Northern Block: Merel, Finlek (an industrial post-punk script font), Acrom (a 6-style geometric sans with minimal stroke contrast), Tautz (a wedge serif text typeface with elegantly small x-height), Qiber (poster lettering typeface).

Typefaces from 2015: Rutan (a neutral geometric sans), Stolzl Display (a Bauhaus-inspired headline type published by The Northern Block and named after Gunta Stölzl, the Bauhaus's only female master), Webnar, Aesthet (a warm brush-inspired sans that was updated in 2020 to Aesthet Nova).

Typefaces from 2016: Boita (a wedge serifed Latin / Cyrillic typeface designed with Tom Sutton), Calder (an informal typeface family), Erbaum.

Typefaces from 2017: Tomarik (an informal smorgasbord family including Serif, Display, Poster, Brush and other styles), Apoka (a rounded sans co-designed with Tom Sutton).

Typefaces from 2018: Hefring Slab (a large geomtric slab serif family; followed by Hefring Slab Variable in 2021), Ordax (an industrial sans typeface by Pablo Balcells, Mariya Vasiljevna Pigoulevskaya and Donna Wearmouth). Manofa (a calligraphic sans inspired by Warren Chappell's Lydian).

Typefaces from 2019: Hegval Display (a hybrid of Gridnik and Helvetica), Ruddy (a dancing letter font family).

Typefaces from 2020: Solway (a free rounded slab serif family at Google Fonts), Vartek (a 20-style techno or sci-fi sans).

Typefaces from 2021: Toroka (a geometric sans for Latin and Cyrillic).

Behance link. Interview in 2014.

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Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Cyrillic type design ⦿ Bauhaus and type design ⦿ Type design in Belarus ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Sci-Fi fonts ⦿