Alexandra Korolkova

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]

Alexandra Korolkova in 2016

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]

References
  1. "Alexandra Korolkova interview". MyFonts. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. "Three Designers from Moscow interview". MyFonts. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. "Prix Charles Peignot". ATypI. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. "Interview with Alexandra Korolkova". Typejournal.ru. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  5. "Public Fonts for Minority Languages of Russia". ParaType. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. Создан шрифт, поддерживающий все языки народов России (in Russian). Vesti. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  7. Разработан новый шрифт с поддержкой всех языков Российской Федерации (in Russian). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  8. "New version of PT Sans". 2010-04-02. Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  9. Coles, Stephen. "Typeface review: Aphrosine". Typographica. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  10. Coles, Stephen. "New Additions: April 2016". Identifont. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  11. "Workshop programme". ATypI. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  12. "Typo Speaker: Alexandra Korolkova". Typo. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  13. "Живая типографика - about the book". Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  14. Sudweeks, David. "Interview with Alexandra Korolkova". FontShop. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  15. Coles, Stephen. "New Additions: November 2016". Identifont. Retrieved 7 December 2016.



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