A kind of Cyrillic book handwriting, that is known from the 14th century. Half-Ustav was written faster than Ustav and took its place. Half-Ustav had U&lc, a lot of ligatures and diacritics. Half-Ustav x-height was small with long extenders, stems were a little curved, without serifs. The first Moscow printed dated book “Apostle” published in 1564 was set in type based on Half-Ustav handwriting. Its type was created by Moscow printers Ivan Fyodorov and Pyotr Mstislavets. After Peter the Great type reforms of the beginning of the 18th century Half-Ustav fonts was used only in the church books. A number of new Cyrillic fonts were developed in the 19th and 20th centuries based on Half-Ustav.