What is the Korolev font?

DF Korolev is a 20 weight sans serif family based on lettering by an anonymous Soviet graphic designer from the propaganda displays at the Communist Red Square parade in 1937. It has been named in honor of Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, or Korolev, considered by many to be the father of practical astronomics. Every weight and style comes with an alternate double-story “a”. More… Tracings done in Illustrator over a photograph featuring this type pinned down some of the basic character shapes. These were then imported into FontLab, where the full glyph complement was developed. The lower-case has been designed from scratch, and adheres to the structural logic of the uppercase as closely as possible. The complete Korolev super-family includes standard, italic, condensed, and compressed versions, each in five weights.

Korolev Font families

The Korolev includes the following font families:

• Korolev Thin
• Korolev Thin Italic
• Korolev Light
• Korolev Light Italic
• Korolev Medium
• Korolev Medium Italic
• Korolev Bold
• Korolev Bold Italic
• Korolev Heavy
• Korolev Heavy Italic
• Korolev Compressed Thin
• Korolev Compressed Light
• Korolev Compressed Medium
• Korolev Compressed Bold
• Korolev Compressed Heavy
• Korolev Condensed Thin
• Korolev Condensed Light
• Korolev Condensed Medium
• Korolev Condensed Bold
• Korolev Condensed Heavy

Korolev Preview

Here is a preview of how Korolev will look. For more previews using your own text as an example, click here.