ShryftorizThe Typography Platform We launched the font antivirus Shryftoriz with a simple but fundamental question: are we ready to move away from russian fonts and build our own visual culture with Ukrainian typefaces? The extraordinary public support and attention surrounding the project gave us a confident, but not simple, yes. Within just a few months, the number of users surpassed 2,000 and continues to grow. Along with it, the conversation about type, the Ukrainian language, and Ukraine’s cultural heritage is expanding—both within the country and far beyond it. As of September 2026, Shryftoriz records a monthly average of 1,500,000 font detections from 3,000,000 verification requests. This body of data is growing quickly: from early June to the end of August, average daily detections increased by 66.1%, while requests grew by 80.4%. These data have allowed us to see the scale of the situation across Ukrainian websites. The current count produces a clear but troubling result: among classified detections on websites in Ukrainian domain zones, approximately 83% involve fonts with russian ties, while only 17% involve Ukrainian typefaces. As of 31 August 2026, Shryftoriz recorded the following across Ukrainian domain zones:
In other words, there are roughly five detections of fonts with russian ties for every detection of a Ukrainian font. Using the stricter metric of unique domain × font pairs:
An important limitation: these figures describe websites recorded by Shryftoriz; they are not a representative study of the entire Ukrainian internet. User feedback shows that the application is fulfilling its mission and has already become an important part of people’s workflows. But identifying the problem is only the beginning of solving it. Education and the adoption of a new practice—moving away from russian fonts and replacing them with Ukrainian or, at minimum, non-russian alternatives—remain difficult. Basic typographic literacy is often missing, while a new cultural ethic around this issue is only beginning to take shape. That is why we have substantially rethought the project’s main website and developed it into a typography platform. It will simplify font selection, provide a place to learn type design, support research into Ukraine’s cultural traditions, symbols, and history, and strengthen the Ukrainian perspective on our language and visual culture. It will be a space to work, learn, and draw inspiration from Ukrainian design and calligraphy. Today, we are launching a complete typography platform and the first several directions for its development:
Against a backdrop of growing public attention to Ukrainian visual culture—including the case of Zhyvchyk, which replaced a controversial typeface with a Ukrainian one after a major public discussion, and the National Bank of Ukraine’s decision to revise the typography on the new 2,000-hryvnia banknote featuring Vasyl Stus—we call on everyone to support Ukrainian type foundries and help build a Ukrainian visual culture free from the aggressor’s influence. We are making the new tools available free of charge, while also offering a way to support the mission and vision of the Shryftoriz typography platform through a monthly subscription. Subscribers will receive access to premium capabilities and a direct way to influence the platform’s development by requesting new features and materials. Connect via MCP: shryftoriz.online/mcp Ukrainian font catalogue: shryftoriz.online/fonts Media assets and logos: shryftoriz.online/media Media contacts: NGO “Ukraine in Color” and Rentafont |