Rukou.

RUKOU MEDIUM, 87 PT

A type A GEOMETRIC-SCRIPT
TYPEFACE INFLUENCED
BY SCHOOLHAND

by
Dizajn TYPE FOUNDRY

Design
SPECIMEN DESIGNED BY
ĽUBICA SEGEČOVÁ

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THE TYPEFACES CONSIST OF TWO DIFFERENT
STYLES INSIDE ONE FONT. YOU CAN CHOOSE
TO SET YOUR TITLES IN UPPERCASE, OR
LOWERCASE/TITLECASE. AS EACH STYLE HAS
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TEXTURE, THERE IS

ABOUT
THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMBINE THEM IN
INTERESTING WAYS. THE UPPERCASE CAN
EVEN BE SET IN SMALL PARAGRAPHS.

RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON

READABILITY, THE PRIMARY GOAL WAS
TO HAVE A UNIQUE TYPE TEXTURE. THIS
FONT
SPECIFICATIONS
IS THE REASON WHY LOWERCASE IS

THE
DISCONNECTED. THE DISCONNECTED
LETTERS OPENED THE POSSIBILITY
TYPEFACE NAME: RUKOU™
TO CREATE THE SPECIAL SHAPES FOR
AUTHOR: JÁN FILÍPEK
INDIVIDUAL LETTERS.
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 2010

RUKOU ORIGINATED AS A LOGO FOR

A FASHION DESIGNER. THE IDEA WAS
AND PURCHASE ENCODINGS: 1252 LATIN 1,
1250 LATIN 2 (EASTERN EUROPE),
1254 TURKISH, 1257 BALTIC
NUMBER OF FONTS IN FAMILY: 6
NUMBER OF GLYPHS PER FONT: 483

DETAILS
TO MAKE A FUSION OF A GEOMETRIC
TYPEFACE WITH THE FLAVOUR OF

FAMILY
CHILDISH FEATURES. RUKOU WAS
INSPIRED BY SCHOOL HAND-WRITING
MODELS, BUT ADDS VERY SPECIFIC AND
INTERESTING FEATURES TO IT.

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 Rukou RUKOU RUKOU HAIRLINE, 70 PT

Rukou RUKOU RUKOU THIN, 70 PT

Rukou RUKOU RUKOU EXTRA LIGHT, 70 PT

Rukou
Rukou RUKOU
RUKOU
Rukou RUKOU
Rukou RUKOU RUKOU LIGHT, 70 PT

Rukou RUKOU RUKOU REGULAR, 70 PT

Rukou RUKOU
RUKOU MEDIUM, 70 PT

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 AT THE AGE OF 17, ALTHOUGH HAVING BEEN TOO YOUNG TO SERVE IN WORLD WAR II,
HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST MEMBER OF THE 43 GROUP, A JEWISH VETERANS‘ UNDER-
GROUND ORGANISATION. IT BROKE UP WHAT IT CONSIDERED FASCIST MEETINGS IN

VIDAL
EAST LONDON.[10][11] THE DAILY TELEGRAPH CALLS HIM AN „ANTI-FASCIST WARRIOR-HA-
IRDRESSER“ WHOSE AIM WAS TO PREVENT SIR OSWALD MOSLEY‘S MOVEMENT FROM
SPREADING „MESSAGES OF HATRED“ IN THE PERIOD FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II.[10]
IN 1948, AT THE AGE OF 20, HE JOINED THE HAGANAH (WHICH SHORTLY AFTERWARDS
BECAME THE ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCES) AND FOUGHT IN THE 1948 ARAB–ISRAELI WAR,

SASSOON
WHICH BEGAN AFTER ISRAEL ACHIEVED STATEHOOD.[11][12] DURING AN INTERVIEW, HE

Sassoon sold his

SASSOON IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, IN 2006
US $ 113 million-a-year
company in 1983 to
VIDAL SASSOON, CBE (17 JANUARY 1928 – 9 MAY 2012) WAS A BRITISH HAIRDRESSER,
CREDITED WITH CREATING A SIMPLE GEOMETRIC, „BAUHAUS-INSPIRED“ HAIR STYLE,
ALSO CALLED THE WEDGE BOB. DUE TO THE POPULARITY OF HIS STYLES, HE WAS
Richardson Vicks.
DESCRIBED AS „A ROCK STAR, AN ARTIST, [AND] A CRAFTSMAN WHO ‚CHANGED THE
SASSOON SALON, LEEDS
WORLD WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS.‘“ DESCRIBED THE YEAR HE SPENT TRAINING WITH THE ISRAELIS AS „THE BEST YEAR OF
HIS „WASH AND WEAR“ PHILOSOPHY LIBERATED WOMEN FROM THE „TYRANNY OF THE MY LIFE,“ AND RECALLED HOW HE FELT: WHEN YOU THINK OF 2,000 YEARS OF BEING
SALON“ AND „REVOLUTIONISED THE ART OF HAIRSTYLING.“[1] SASSOON‘S STYLES BECA- PUT DOWN AND SUDDENLY YOU ARE A NATION RISING, IT WAS A WONDERFUL FEELING.
ME „EMBLEMATIC OF FREEDOM AND GOOD HEALTH“ AND THEIR POPULARITY ALLOWED THERE WERE ONLY 600,000 PEOPLE DEFENDING THE COUNTRY AGAINST FIVE ARMIES,
HIM TO OPEN THE FIRST CHAIN OF WORLDWIDE HAIR STYLING SALONS, COMPLEMEN- SO EVERYONE HAD SOMETHING TO DO.[8]
TED BY HIS HAIR-TREATMENT PRODUCTS.[2] HE IS ALSO REMEMBERED FOR HIS TELEVI-
SION COMMERCIALS IN THE 1980S. VIDAL SASSOON: THE MOVIE, A DOCUMENTARY FILM SASSOON MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE, ELAINE WOOD, IN 1956; THE MARRIAGE ENDED IN
ABOUT HIS LIFE, WAS RELEASED IN 2010.[1] 1958 WHEN SHE LEFT SASSOON FOR BRITISH WATER-SKIING CHAMPION DAVID NATI-
ONS.[22] IN 1967, HE MARRIED HIS SECOND WIFE, ACTRESS BEVERLY ADAMS. THEY HAD
SASSOON WAS BORN IN HAMMERSMITH, LONDON,[3] AND LIVED IN SHEPHERD‘S BUSH. FOUR CHILDREN: TWO DAUGHTERS, CATYA (1968–2002), AN ACTRESS WHO DIED FROM
HIS PARENTS WERE SEPHARDI JEWS.[4] HIS MOTHER, BETTY (BELLIN), CAME FROM A A DRUG-INDUCED HEART ATTACK, EDEN (BORN 1973), AND TWO SONS, ELAN (BORN
FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS FROM SPAIN, AND HIS FATHER, NATHAN SASSOON, WAS FROM 1970) AND DAVID.[23][24] SASSOON AND ADAMS DIVORCED IN 1980. HIS THIRD WIFE
THESSALONIKI, GREECE. SASSOON HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, IVOR, WHO DIED FROM WAS JEANETTE HARTFORD-DAVIS, A DRESSAGE CHAMPION AND FORMER FASHION
A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 46.[6][DEAD LINK] MODEL; THEY MARRIED IN 1983 AND DIVORCED SOON AFTER.[23] IN 1992 HE MARRIED
RONNIE.[16] SASSOON WAS A LIFELONG FAN OF PREMIER LEAGUE CLUB CHELSEA AND
HIS FATHER, A WOMANISER, LEFT HIS FAMILY WHEN VIDAL WAS THREE YEARS OLD.[7] WAS CLOSE FRIENDS WITH MANY OF THE PLAYERS IN THE 1960S AND 1970S.
DUE TO POVERTY AS A SINGLE PARENT, HIS MOTHER PLACED SASSOON AND HIS YO-
UNGER BROTHER IN A JEWISH ORPHANAGE, WHERE THEY STAYED FOR SEVEN YEARS[8] IN JUNE 2011 IT WAS REPORTED THAT SASSOON HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKAE-
UNTIL HE WAS 11 WHEN HIS MOTHER REMARRIED.[9] HIS MOTHER WAS ONLY ALLOWED MIA TWO YEARS EARLIER, AND WAS RECEIVING TREATMENT IN BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFOR-
TO VISIT THEM ONCE A MONTH AND WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO TAKE THEM OUT. HE NA, U.S.A. AND LONDON, U.K.[27] HE DIED ON 9 MAY 2012 AT HIS HOME IN BEL AIR, LOS SASSOON CUTTING MIA FARROW‘S HAIR FOR ROSEMA-
SASSOON CUTTING MIA FARROW‘S HAIR FOR ROSEMA- RY‘S BABY IN 1968
ATTENDED ESSENDINE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL, A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, BEFORE BEING ANGELES.[28][29] HIS DEATH WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED TO BE A RESULT OF NATURAL
RY‘S BABY IN 1968
EVACUATED DUE TO WWII TO HOLT, WILTSHIRE. AFTER HIS RETURN TO LONDON HE CAUSES,[30] AND LATER REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF HIS LEUKEMIA.[31] HE
LEFT SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 14[CITATION NEEDED] AND WORKED AS A MESSENGER DIED IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS FAMILY. LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
BEFORE STARTING A HAIRDRESSING APPRENTICESHIP. IN HIS YOUTH, HE WAS ALSO A KEVIN MAIBERGER[26] SAID THAT WHEN THE POLICE WENT TO HIS RESIDENCE AT MUL-
FOOTBALL PLAYER.[9]

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RUKOU THIN, 102 PT

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RUKOU HAIRLINE, 102 PT

∞ μ p 0
RUKOU LIGHT, 102 PT
RUKOU MEDIUM, 102 PT
RUKOU EXTRA LIGHT, 102 PT

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 S A BIRD OF THE PARROT FAMILY (PSITTACIDA
HAS PREDOMINANTLY YELLOW PLUMAGE WI
A GREEN TAIL. THE BIRD? IS FOUND PRIMARIL HAIRLINE

EUCALYPT US GROVES AND OTHER WOODE EXTRA LIGHT

OF SUBTROPICAL SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRAL

THIN LIGHT

“WELL” AS IN A SMALLER AREA OF SUBTROPI

TEMPERATE SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA. SEE
MAKE UP THE BULK OF ITS DIET. THE REGEN
PARROT WAS FIRST DESCRIBED BY ENGLISH MEDIUM

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OPENTYPE PROPORTIONAL LINING FIGURES (DEFAULT)
FUNCTIONS 1234567890
RUKOU LIGHT, 10 PT
STYLISTIC ALTERNATES (STYLISTIC SET 1 IN INDESIGN) TABULAR LINING FIGURES

RUKOU MEDIUM, 20 PT MQ –> MQ 1234567890

STYLISTIC ALTERNATES (STYLISTIC SET 2 IN INDESIGN) SLASHED ZERO
o –> o 2010 –> 21
LIGATURES ANNOTATION FORMS
ł –> łł (polish lslash lslash) (1) (2) [3] [4] –> ❶ ❷ ③ ④
LOCALIZED FORMS (INDESIGN CS3) FRACTIONS
ş –> ș (Romanian) 1/4 365/24 –> ¹⁄₄ ³⁶⁵⁄₂₄ ¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹⁄₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉
ALL CAPITALS (CASE SENSITIVE FORMS) ORDINALS
-R(U[k{ou –> -R(U[K{OU 1a 2o No –> 1ª 2º №
ALL CAPITALS (WILL ADD SPACING) SUPERSCRIPT & SUPERIOR
UPPERCASE –> UPPERCASE (a + b)² = a² + 2ab + b² S = πr²

SUBSCRIPT & INFERIOR

H₂SO₄

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 THE REGENT PARROT (POLYTELIS ANTHOPEPLUS) IS A BIRD OF THE PARROT FAMILY (PSITTACIDAE). IT HAS
PREDOMINANTLY YELLOW PLUMAGE WITH A GREEN TAIL. THE BIRD IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN EUCALYPTUS GROVES
AND OTHER WOODED AREAS OF SUBTROPICAL SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA, AS WELL AS IN A SMALLER AREA OF
RUKOU MEDIUM, 10 PT
SUBTROPICAL AND TEMPERATE SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA. SEEDS MAKE UP THE BULK OF ITS DIET. THE REGENT
PARROT WAS FIRST DESCRIBED BY ENGLISH AUTHOR AND WIT EDWARD LEAR IN 1831. IT IS ONE OF THREE SPECIES IN

THE REGENT PARROT (POLYTELIS ANTHOPEPLUS) IS A BIRD OF THE PARROT FAMILY

(PSITTACIDAE). IT HAS PREDOMINANTLY YELLOW PLUMAGE WITH A GREEN TAIL. THE
BIRD IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN EUCALYPTUS GROVES AND OTHER WOODED AREAS OF
RUKOU REGULAR, 14 PT
SUBTROPICAL SOUTHWESTERN AUSTRALIA, AS WELL AS IN A SMALLER AREA OF

REGENT PARROT WAS FIRST DESCRIBED BY ENGLISH AUTHOR

AND WIT EDWARD LEAR IN 1831. IT IS ONE OF THREE SPECIES
RUKOU LIGHT, 20 PT
IN THE GENUS POLYTELIS. SIX SIZES
GAW
REX
SIX WEIGHTS
UNLIKE MOST BIRDS PARROTS DO
NOT REQUIRE GRIT IN THEIR DIET,
RUKOU EXTRA LIGHT, 36 PT

BEING CAREFUL RUKOU HAIRLINE, 397 PT

NORMAL CRAFT RUKOU THIN, 83 PT

RUKOU HAIRLINE, 397 PT

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