Re: Cyrillic alphabet on RISC OS

In article <na.a6a72f4dd6.a807e0ben.crick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Ben Crick <ben.crick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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>

If you want to use a Cyrillic font seriously then you need to buy a quality
font. AFAIK the Skyfall collection was a cheap set with no pretence to be of
the quality you require. Check with the range that EFF have available.

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