Designed at the Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1940–56
under the direction of Anatoliy
Shchukin, based on Erbar-Grotesk
and Metro.
[ParaType/MyFonts]
“Zhurnalnaya roublennaya [Журнальная Рубленая] (in
English, Magazine Grotesque) was released in 1947. […] Soviet
sources list A. Schukin and
V. Sidelnikov as the authors of the
font.” Initially Cyrillic only. In 1962, a version with Latin
characters was released. [Sakk]
While sizes up to 12pt follow Erbar more closely,
see the two-story ‘a’ and the numerals, larger sizes from 14pt are
more in line with Futura in these details [1962
specimen] [1966
comparison]. Some specimens also show characteristics of the
larger sizes mixed with a two-story ‘a’ [Sakk].
Digitized as Journal
Sans (ParaGraph, 1991; ParaType, 2014). See also the
redesigned and extended Journal
Sans New More…
Designed at the Polygraphmash type design bureau in 1940–56 under the direction of Anatoliy Shchukin, based on Erbar-Grotesk and Metro. [ParaType/MyFonts] “Zhurnalnaya roublennaya [Журнальная Рубленая] (in English, Magazine Grotesque) was released in 1947. […] Soviet sources list A. Schukin and V. Sidelnikov as the authors of the font.” Initially Cyrillic only. In 1962, a version with Latin characters was released. [Sakk]
While sizes up to 12pt follow Erbar more closely, see the two-story ‘a’ and the numerals, larger sizes from 14pt are more in line with Futura in these details [1962 specimen] [1966 comparison]. Some specimens also show characteristics of the larger sizes mixed with a two-story ‘a’ [Sakk].
Digitized as Journal Sans (ParaGraph, 1991; ParaType, 2014). See also the redesigned and extended Journal Sans New (ParaType, 2014) as well as the reinterpretation GT Eesti Text and GT Eesti Display (Grilli Type, 2016).