UKRAINIAN BANKNOTE TYPEFACE TUSSLE

 

The National Bank of Ukraine said on July 15 that it will change the lettering on its planned Hr 2,000 banknote after public backlash that the inscription too closely resembled a Russian typeface.

Following the announcement on July 10 that the new banknote would honor 20th century Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus, a number of people in the professional design community publicly raised concerns that the denomination inscription proposed by the National Bank's artists too closely resembled an unofficial Cyrillic adaptation of a typeface of Russian origin.

These concerns were heightened by the fact that Stus was a dissident who died in a Russian penal colony in 1985 because of his pro-Ukrainian views.

The new lettering on the banknote will follow the official Cyrillic version of the Bickham Script typeface without any changes or customizations, according to the National Bank.

The redesign will reportedly not delay the banknote's release, since production has not started yet.

The new Hr 2,000 note is still set to enter circulation on Sept. 4, 2026.

To read the complete article, see:
Ukrainian banknote honoring poet killed by Russia faces redesign after Russian-style typeface backlash (https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-national-bank-promises-to-change-banknote-lettering-over-russian-typeface-association/)

See also:
Ukrainian banknote honoring poet killed by Russia faces redesign after Russian-style typeface backlash (https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/ukraines-national-bank-redesign-banknote-141632835.html)

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