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Julia Sysmäläinen

Julia Sysmäläinen grew up in a bilingual Finnish-Russian family. Since childhood, languages have been a major topic in her life. Studying philology and later graphic design she focussed on the visual aspects of language. Her professional interests are nowadays centered around "the written word – its image and its meaning". Julia’s debut in type design was Kyril, a semiserif custom font, designed as a Cyrillic/Latin family for the corporate identity of the paper company Kondopoga. Kyril was presented in the Souvenir type design exhibition of the ATypI Conference 2006. Julia’s recent interest in type design is focussing on historical and modern handwriting styles – with both Cyrillic and Latin background. In December 2008, FF Mister K – named after the main character in two of Kafka’s novels – was released with three text faces. FF Mister K Dingbats followed one year later. Mister K is not only a type family but also the visualization of a personality with many different facets. Accordingly, the Mister K Family is continuously growing. FF Mister K won a Certificate of Excellence in Type Design at the international Modern Cyrillic 09 Competition in Moscow and a Premier Award at the International Society of Typographic Design Competition in London. Julia works at Edenspiekermann in Berlin and is a visiting teacher at the Lahti Institute of Design. She lives in Germany and Finland.

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