Prepis is Luboslav Boyanov’s graduation project from the TypeMedia programme at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Inspired by medieval Cyrillic manuscripts, the typeface reinterprets the traditional Ustav and Skoropis styles — scripts that, much like Blackletter, have in recent years been co-opted by nationalist and far-right groups.
With its playful, contemporary forms, Prepis seeks to counter these negative associations and present Ustav in a fresh, optimistic light. By reshaping its visual tone, the project aims to restore the historical richness of these scripts and reopen them to new, positive cultural contexts.
Contextual ligatures, one stylistic set
Afrikaans, Azeri (lat), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), Galician, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Kurdish (lat), Latvian, Lithuanian, Mongolian (lat), Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek (lat)