OpenType features
liga | Standard Ligatures
frac | Fractions
case | Case Sensitive Forms
numr | Numerators
A narrow grotesque inspired by book design of late 70s and early 80s
Shop signs, posters, and book design—this is where we drew the inspiration for our project from. TT Backwards Sans contains two experimental stylistic sets, which markedly change the overall visual perception of the text. SS01 alters high-frequency symbols of the Cyrillic alphabet, and SS02 significantly changes the high-frequency symbols of the Latin alphabet.
TT Backwards is an experimental font project inspired by shop signs, poster and book design of the USSR
TT Backwards consists of two complimentary font subfamilies, a Script and a Grotesque
Basic Character Set
Basic Latin
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Cyrillic
А Б В Г Д Е Ё Ж З И Й К Л М Н О П Р С Т У Ф Х Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ы Ь Э Ю Я Ѓ Ґ Ќ Є Ѕ І Ї Ј Љ Њ Ћ Ђ Ў Џ а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я ѓ ґ ќ є ѕ і ї ј љ њ ћ ђ ў џ
Extended Latin
À Á Ă Â Ä Ā Å Ã Ą Æ Ć Č Ĉ Ç Ď Đ È É Ě Ë Ė Ê Ē Ę Ğ Ģ Ķ Ĺ Ľ Ļ Ł Ì Í Î Ï İ Ī Į Ń Ň Ņ Ñ Ò Ó Ô Ö Ő Ō Õ Œ Ø Þ Ŕ Ř Ŗ Ś Š Ș Ş Ť Ţ Ý Ÿ Ù Ú Û Ü Ū Ű Ů Ų Ź Ž Ż à á ă â ä ā å ã ą æ ć č ĉ ç ď đ è é ě ë ė ê ē ę ğ ģ ķ ĺ ľ ļ ł ì í î ï i ī į ń ň ņ ñ ò ó ô ö ő ō õ œ ø þ ŕ ř ŗ ś š ș ş ť ţ ý ÿ ù ú û ü ū ű ů ų ź ž ż
Stylistic Alternates, Standard and Discretionary Ligatures
ff fi fl ft fj fk ал ил кл кя гу ту
Lining Figures, Currencies
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $ ¢ € ¤ ¥ £ ₴ ƒ
Punctuation, Symbols, Mathematical Symbols, Arrows
! ¡ ? ¿ « » ‹ › . , : ; ‘ ’ ‚ “ ” „ ... ' " | ¦ - – — _ \ / ( ) [ ] { } · • * # % ‰ § © ® ¶ @ & † ‡ ° ^ - + < > = ~ ¬ ± × ÷
Subfamilies
TT Backwards Script is a noncontrast almost monolinear solid script inspired by shop signs, poster and book design of the USSR.
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TT Backwards
Language support
Acehnese, Afar, Albanian, Alsatian, Aragonese, Arumanian, Asu, Aymara, Banjar, Basque, Belarusian (cyr), Bemba, Bena, Betawi, Bislama, Boholano, Bosnian (cyr), Bosnian (lat), Breton, Bulgarian (cyr), Cebuano, Chamorro, Chiga, Colognian, Cornish, Corsican, Cree, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Embu, English, Erzya, Estonian, Faroese, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, French, Friulian, Gaelic, Gagauz (lat), Galician, German, Gusii, Haitian Creole, Hawaiian, Hiri Motu, Hungarian, Icelandic, Ilocano, Indonesian, Innu-aimun, Interlingua, Irish, Italian, Javanese, Judaeo-Spanish, Judaeo-Spanish, Kalenjin, Karachay-Balkar (lat), Karaim (lat), Karakalpak (lat), Kashubian, Khasi, Khvarshi, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kongo, Kumyk, Kurdish (lat), Ladin, Latvian, Laz, Leonese, Lithuanian, Luganda, Luo, Luxembourgish, Luyia, Macedonian, Machame, Makhuwa-Meetto, Makonde, Malay, Manx, Maori, Mauritian Creole, Minangkabau, Moldavian (lat), Montenegrin (lat), Mordvin-moksha, Morisyen, Nahuatl, Nauruan, Ndebele, Nias, Nogai, Norwegian, Nyankole, Occitan, Oromo, Palauan, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Rheto-Romance, Rohingya, Romanian, Romansh, Rombo, Rundi, Russian, Rusyn, Rwa, Salar, Samburu, Samoan, Sango, Sangu, Scots, Sena, Serbian (cyr), Serbian (lat), Seychellois Creole, Shambala, Shona, Slovak, Slovenian, Soga, Somali, Sorbian, Sotho, Spanish, Sundanese, Swahili, Swazi, Swedish, Swiss German, Swiss German, Tagalog, Tahitian, Taita, Tatar, Tetum, Tok Pisin, Tongan, Tsonga, Tswana, Turkish, Turkmen (lat), Ukrainian, Uyghur, Vepsian, Volapük, Võro, Vunjo, Xhosa, Zaza, Zulu
Team
Ivan Gladkikh—head of the project
Philipp Nurullin—art director, type designer
Tanya Cherkiz—type designer, designer of script font
Sergey Kotelnikov—designer of the sans font
Nadyr Rakhimov—type designer
Release date
September 20, 2017Additionally
Specimen
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Trial fonts
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Poster Images
Graphic presentation at Behance
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About font family
TT Backwards is an experimental font project inspired by the USSR typography and fonts of the late 70s and early 80s. Shop signs, posters, and book design—this is where we drew the inspiration for our project from. TT Backwards consists of two complimentary font subfamilies, a Script and a Grotesque, each of them includes 5 typefaces in 5 different weights (Thin, Light, Regular, Bold, Black).
TT Backwards Sans is a narrow grotesque which takes us back to the book design of late 70s and early 80s with its ductile characters. It is created considering its use in the small text size. TT Backwards Sans has a number of pronounced peculiarities: high x-height, exaggerated extenders, and big visual compensators and ink traps. Apart from the basic visual solution, TT Backwards Sans contains two experimental stylistic sets, which markedly change the overall visual perception of the text. SS01 alters high-frequency symbols of the Cyrillic alphabet, and SS02 significantly changes the high-frequency symbols of the Latin alphabet. The following OT features are implemented in TT Backwards Sans: case, ordn, frac, sups, sinf, numr, dnom, tnum, pnum, liga, zero, salt, ss01, ss02.
