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 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).
