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Palitura

by Michael Rafailyk
Individual Styles from $9.00 USD
Complete family of 6 fonts: $35.00 USD
The Palitura Font Family was designed by Michael Rafailyk and published by Michael Rafailyk. Palitura contains 6 styles and family package options. More about this family

About the family


Palitura is a display typeface designed to translate Cyrillic flavor into the Latin script. Palitura means lacquered book cover in Old Ukrainian. The design of letter shapes is inspired by Early Cyrillic handwritten letters and Ukrainian patterns that are conveyed through the sharpness of form, vertical strokes that are narrower at the bottom, stylized oblique hooks at the top, and triangular accents.


Languages: 480+.

Scripts: Latin, Greek, Cyrillic.

Specimen: michaelrafailyk.com/typeface/specimen/Palitura.pdf


The promo images used photo of Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels.

Designers: Michael Rafailyk

Foundry: Michael Rafailyk

MyFonts debut: Jun 20, 2022

Palitura

About Michael Rafailyk

Michael Rafailyk is a type designer from Ukraine specializing in Cyrillic script, and works with with Latin, Greek, Mkhedruli, Armenian, Hebrew, and Arabic scripts. Awarded at TDC70 in the Type Design category. He holds bachelor’s degrees in musical composition and graphic design, and has over 10 years of experience in branding. He composes music for the 8-string guitar and piano. Drawing on this combined experience, Michael brings a strong sense of rhythm and visual harmony to his type design, often engaging with unconventional ideas and making them usable by synthesizing them with classical forms.

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