Alexandra Korolkova Explained

Alexandra Korolkova (Russian: Александра Королькова) (born 1984) is a Russian typeface designer.[1] [2] She was awarded the infrequently presented Prix Charles Peignot in 2013 by the Association Typographique Internationale, becoming the first Russian prizewinner.[3] [4]

Korolkova's best-known work is probably the PT Fonts project, a partly open-source project commissioned by the Russian Ministry of Communications as a single family able to support all the common variations of the Cyrillic script.[5] [6] [7] [8]

Korolkova works for the company ParaType and studied at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts.[9] [10] She is the author of the book Living Typography (Russian: Живая типографика) and has also given lectures on Cyrillic letter structure.[11] [12] [13] She has also designed the typeface FF Carina for FontShop.[14] [15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alexandra Korolkova interview. MyFonts. 22 April 2016.
  2. Web site: Three Designers from Moscow interview. MyFonts. 22 April 2016.
  3. Web site: Prix Charles Peignot. ATypI. 22 April 2016.
  4. Web site: Interview with Alexandra Korolkova. Typejournal.ru. 22 April 2016.
  5. Web site: Public Fonts for Minority Languages of Russia. ParaType. 22 April 2016.
  6. Web site: http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=335519&cid=7 . . ru:Создан шрифт, поддерживающий все языки народов России . Russian . 2010-01-13 . 2010-08-04.
  7. Web site: http://www.rg.ru/2010/01/14/shrift.html . ru:Разработан новый шрифт с поддержкой всех языков Российской Федерации . Russian . . 2010-01-14 . 2010-08-04.
  8. Web site: New version of PT Sans . 2010-04-02 . 2010-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100819130122/http://www.paratype.com/cinfo/news.asp?NewsId=318 . 2010-08-19 . dead .
  9. Web site: Coles. Stephen. Typeface review: Aphrosine. Typographica. 10 May 2016.
  10. Web site: Coles. Stephen. New Additions: April 2016. Identifont. 7 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Workshop programme. ATypI. 22 April 2016.
  12. Web site: Typo Speaker: Alexandra Korolkova. Typo. 22 April 2016.
  13. Web site: Живая типографика - about the book. 22 April 2016.
  14. Web site: Sudweeks. David. Interview with Alexandra Korolkova. FontShop. 7 December 2016.
  15. Web site: Coles. Stephen. New Additions: November 2016. Identifont. 7 December 2016.