Vera Evstafieva
@infonta.bsky.social
Type designer. Calligrapher. Lettering designer.
Passionate about letterforms of all kinds. Culture, research, fun.
Raising two bilingual kids. Addicted to long walks.
Passionate about letterforms of all kinds. Culture, research, fun.
Raising two bilingual kids. Addicted to long walks.
TypeMedia orange graduation certificate 😊🧡
Am I not old enough to start digging archives? 😆
Am I not old enough to start digging archives? 😆
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
TypeMedia orange graduation certificate 😊🧡
Am I not old enough to start digging archives? 😆
Am I not old enough to start digging archives? 😆
Oh, a finding from many years ago — some of my fonts, and names of my TypeMedia course classmates, set in those fonts. Amalta here has the name which I changed later. Poster was meant for an exhibition
#fonts #design #typedesign #typography #typemedia #rossica #amalta #apriori
#fonts #design #typedesign #typography #typemedia #rossica #amalta #apriori
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Oh, a finding from many years ago — some of my fonts, and names of my TypeMedia course classmates, set in those fonts. Amalta here has the name which I changed later. Poster was meant for an exhibition
#fonts #design #typedesign #typography #typemedia #rossica #amalta #apriori
#fonts #design #typedesign #typography #typemedia #rossica #amalta #apriori
A couple of rubbings I made at Eric Marland's workshop in Cambridge and keep on the wall — Tom Perkins and Josh (?)
#letters #stone #lettercarving #design #alphabet #cambridge
#letters #stone #lettercarving #design #alphabet #cambridge
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A couple of rubbings I made at Eric Marland's workshop in Cambridge and keep on the wall — Tom Perkins and Josh (?)
#letters #stone #lettercarving #design #alphabet #cambridge
#letters #stone #lettercarving #design #alphabet #cambridge
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As you know I don't do commissions. Because I don't care what you want. However, without mentioning the C word, you might need some curses before the C word comes along. Possibly even the C word. If you need some swears which are not currently in the shop, ring my bell.
www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop
www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
As you know I don't do commissions. Because I don't care what you want. However, without mentioning the C word, you might need some curses before the C word comes along. Possibly even the C word. If you need some swears which are not currently in the shop, ring my bell.
www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop
www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reposted by Vera Evstafieva
😍 New 😍 Learn type design in Paris next summer. Be ready for #typeparis26!
Take a look at the full programme typeparis.com/summer26 and find out
all the details about the enrolment process.
Take a look at the full programme typeparis.com/summer26 and find out
all the details about the enrolment process.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
😍 New 😍 Learn type design in Paris next summer. Be ready for #typeparis26!
Take a look at the full programme typeparis.com/summer26 and find out
all the details about the enrolment process.
Take a look at the full programme typeparis.com/summer26 and find out
all the details about the enrolment process.
Reposted by Vera Evstafieva
Hôtel-Dieu #Beaune #France
Floor tiles with ‘n & g’ for Nicolas Rolin & his wife Guigone de Salins. The oak tree represents strength & loyalty.
The hospital had been funded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy & Guigone de Salins.
#TilesOnTuesday
Floor tiles with ‘n & g’ for Nicolas Rolin & his wife Guigone de Salins. The oak tree represents strength & loyalty.
The hospital had been funded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy & Guigone de Salins.
#TilesOnTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Hôtel-Dieu #Beaune #France
Floor tiles with ‘n & g’ for Nicolas Rolin & his wife Guigone de Salins. The oak tree represents strength & loyalty.
The hospital had been funded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy & Guigone de Salins.
#TilesOnTuesday
Floor tiles with ‘n & g’ for Nicolas Rolin & his wife Guigone de Salins. The oak tree represents strength & loyalty.
The hospital had been funded in 1443 by Nicolas Rolin, Chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy & Guigone de Salins.
#TilesOnTuesday
When I start carving in stone — I'll carve messages I get from school. This one for example:
Treatment administered: Advice only
Treatment administered: Advice only
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
When I start carving in stone — I'll carve messages I get from school. This one for example:
Treatment administered: Advice only
Treatment administered: Advice only
Screenshot of the Cyrillic ordinals I designed for Postea.
These ordinals were widely used in Cyrillic lettering at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I first encountered them in stone inscriptions — and now it’s time to bring them into typography!
#font #ordinals #typedesign #veraevstafieva
These ordinals were widely used in Cyrillic lettering at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I first encountered them in stone inscriptions — and now it’s time to bring them into typography!
#font #ordinals #typedesign #veraevstafieva
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Screenshot of the Cyrillic ordinals I designed for Postea.
These ordinals were widely used in Cyrillic lettering at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I first encountered them in stone inscriptions — and now it’s time to bring them into typography!
#font #ordinals #typedesign #veraevstafieva
These ordinals were widely used in Cyrillic lettering at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. I first encountered them in stone inscriptions — and now it’s time to bring them into typography!
#font #ordinals #typedesign #veraevstafieva
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November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Live calligraphy demo at the workshop for the ladies of Orwell. 2025
40 spectators around 😊
#lettering #calligraphy #brush #festiveseason #show #workshop #veraevstafieva #fun #joy #work #design #uk #cambridgeshire #orwell
40 spectators around 😊
#lettering #calligraphy #brush #festiveseason #show #workshop #veraevstafieva #fun #joy #work #design #uk #cambridgeshire #orwell
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Live calligraphy demo at the workshop for the ladies of Orwell. 2025
40 spectators around 😊
#lettering #calligraphy #brush #festiveseason #show #workshop #veraevstafieva #fun #joy #work #design #uk #cambridgeshire #orwell
40 spectators around 😊
#lettering #calligraphy #brush #festiveseason #show #workshop #veraevstafieva #fun #joy #work #design #uk #cambridgeshire #orwell
My favourite Cyrillic "be".
Proud of shaping it this way in Postea Extrabold.
Oh these subtle findings... 😊 I know that only a few appreciate them! but I enjoy it a lot, and someone will love it too ❤️
Postea Cyrillic, TypeTogether
#fonts #type #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography
Proud of shaping it this way in Postea Extrabold.
Oh these subtle findings... 😊 I know that only a few appreciate them! but I enjoy it a lot, and someone will love it too ❤️
Postea Cyrillic, TypeTogether
#fonts #type #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My favourite Cyrillic "be".
Proud of shaping it this way in Postea Extrabold.
Oh these subtle findings... 😊 I know that only a few appreciate them! but I enjoy it a lot, and someone will love it too ❤️
Postea Cyrillic, TypeTogether
#fonts #type #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography
Proud of shaping it this way in Postea Extrabold.
Oh these subtle findings... 😊 I know that only a few appreciate them! but I enjoy it a lot, and someone will love it too ❤️
Postea Cyrillic, TypeTogether
#fonts #type #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography
My Postea Cyrillic
Geometric Sans
TypeTogether
Enjoy! — www.type-together.com/postea-font
#fonts #type #typedesign #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography #branding #identity #typedesigner #typelove #postea
Geometric Sans
TypeTogether
Enjoy! — www.type-together.com/postea-font
#fonts #type #typedesign #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography #branding #identity #typedesigner #typelove #postea
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
My Postea Cyrillic
Geometric Sans
TypeTogether
Enjoy! — www.type-together.com/postea-font
#fonts #type #typedesign #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography #branding #identity #typedesigner #typelove #postea
Geometric Sans
TypeTogether
Enjoy! — www.type-together.com/postea-font
#fonts #type #typedesign #cyrillic #typetogether #veraevstafieva #typography #branding #identity #typedesigner #typelove #postea
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I'll try this Ink tonight to celebrate my calligraphy workshop!
My hand moved toward it without even asking me 😀
My hand moved toward it without even asking me 😀
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'll try this Ink tonight to celebrate my calligraphy workshop!
My hand moved toward it without even asking me 😀
My hand moved toward it without even asking me 😀
Though I managed to make about 40 people curious and happy with calligraphy tonight…
by 10:30 p.m. every shop was closed, and the celebratory wine remained a dream… z-z-z
by 10:30 p.m. every shop was closed, and the celebratory wine remained a dream… z-z-z
November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Though I managed to make about 40 people curious and happy with calligraphy tonight…
by 10:30 p.m. every shop was closed, and the celebratory wine remained a dream… z-z-z
by 10:30 p.m. every shop was closed, and the celebratory wine remained a dream… z-z-z
Tomorrow I'm going to pretend I'm a calligrapher for a day — for a night, if to be precise.
So I cut some of my sketches — and made some little souvenirs for the public
#lettering #calligraphy #badge #cmyk #brushcalligraphy #veraevstafieva #love #uk
So I cut some of my sketches — and made some little souvenirs for the public
#lettering #calligraphy #badge #cmyk #brushcalligraphy #veraevstafieva #love #uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Tomorrow I'm going to pretend I'm a calligrapher for a day — for a night, if to be precise.
So I cut some of my sketches — and made some little souvenirs for the public
#lettering #calligraphy #badge #cmyk #brushcalligraphy #veraevstafieva #love #uk
So I cut some of my sketches — and made some little souvenirs for the public
#lettering #calligraphy #badge #cmyk #brushcalligraphy #veraevstafieva #love #uk
And this nerve running through K ⚡
My Birra Lambic typeface in glorious use by Barry Thomas ⚒️
#letters #stone #fontinuse
My Birra Lambic typeface in glorious use by Barry Thomas ⚒️
#letters #stone #fontinuse
FECK is in the shop: www.poorfrankraw.co.uk/shop/index.h...
£125 UK delivered. I won't be repeating this style - bit of a mare to carve - though there may be more fecks in the fecking future.
£125 UK delivered. I won't be repeating this style - bit of a mare to carve - though there may be more fecks in the fecking future.
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And this nerve running through K ⚡
My Birra Lambic typeface in glorious use by Barry Thomas ⚒️
#letters #stone #fontinuse
My Birra Lambic typeface in glorious use by Barry Thomas ⚒️
#letters #stone #fontinuse
For making long-lasting letter objects — a dummy for stone carving and mallet for lettering in wood are on the way to me, now I need to decide about the sharpening tool for chisels which I already have. No promises at this stage 😊 only fun.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
For making long-lasting letter objects — a dummy for stone carving and mallet for lettering in wood are on the way to me, now I need to decide about the sharpening tool for chisels which I already have. No promises at this stage 😊 only fun.
Found some photos from Malta (absolutely my place — those endless stairs in Valetta!), from many years ago when buses there were still decorated with hand lettering.
Remembered one of bus rides when a strong thunderstorm started and everyone in the bus started praying...
#lettering #Malta
Remembered one of bus rides when a strong thunderstorm started and everyone in the bus started praying...
#lettering #Malta
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Found some photos from Malta (absolutely my place — those endless stairs in Valetta!), from many years ago when buses there were still decorated with hand lettering.
Remembered one of bus rides when a strong thunderstorm started and everyone in the bus started praying...
#lettering #Malta
Remembered one of bus rides when a strong thunderstorm started and everyone in the bus started praying...
#lettering #Malta
Evening vanity search along the shelves
#sketchbook #lettering #typedesign #cyrillic #letters #freehand #veraevstafieva
#sketchbook #lettering #typedesign #cyrillic #letters #freehand #veraevstafieva
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Evening vanity search along the shelves
#sketchbook #lettering #typedesign #cyrillic #letters #freehand #veraevstafieva
#sketchbook #lettering #typedesign #cyrillic #letters #freehand #veraevstafieva
Sometimes you practice for yourself and suddenly a commission comes — and you take your old sketches to work — for a new typeface!
These are sketches for Birra Lambic design, my search the type's character. I can see one more idea there 🙂
#font #lettering #calligraphy #designprocess #birra #sketch
These are sketches for Birra Lambic design, my search the type's character. I can see one more idea there 🙂
#font #lettering #calligraphy #designprocess #birra #sketch
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Sometimes you practice for yourself and suddenly a commission comes — and you take your old sketches to work — for a new typeface!
These are sketches for Birra Lambic design, my search the type's character. I can see one more idea there 🙂
#font #lettering #calligraphy #designprocess #birra #sketch
These are sketches for Birra Lambic design, my search the type's character. I can see one more idea there 🙂
#font #lettering #calligraphy #designprocess #birra #sketch
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM