Re: Cyrillic alphabet on RISC OS

In article <4d4783d64d.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Wuerthner
<spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There are bound to be free fonts, probably tons of them, available in
> TrueType or PostScript format, which could be or have been converted
> to RISC OS format. For instance, I have one from the Decker site
> called Cyrillic, available in Roman (serif) and Sans (sans serif).
> Unfortunately, the Roman font is incomplete (one character missing)
> and both are arranged in an unsuitable way, so the characters would
> have to be moved around before it could be used to display text in the
> standard encoding.

Yes, I have a Skyfall "Russian" font, but it lacks yereui (the
letter that looks like 61). As this is one of the commonest vowels
in Russian, the whole font is unuseable. Come to think of it, it
lacks the Hard Sign and the Soft Sign as well. Can't have it all....

Back to the IntMetrics and Outlines drawing-board. <sigh>

Ben

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