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From: riem@ztivax.UUCP (Raimund Riem)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.lang.postscript,comp.text
Subject: Re: Cyrillic (russian) text
Summary: I have some differnt postscript fonts (cyrillic)
Keywords: cyrillic russian font sun sunview laser postscript
Message-ID: <724@ztivax.UUCP>
Date: 10 Aug 89 11:41:15 GMT
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Organization: Siemens AG in Munich, W-Germany
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Some times ago I had also need for cyrillic fonts, but not with the
keyboard layout of an IBM typewriter. The layout we use is oriented at
the sound of a cyrillic letter. But we also have a keymap resource for
IBM typewriter layout.

Because I could not find a distributor for good quality cyrillic fonts, I
decided to make them by myself with fontographer.

I made one font like helvetica (its called Leningrad1)
one like times (Petersburg)
one is a copy of a font in a tale book (tolstoi)
and a postscript version of the public domain font moscow. (russian typewriter)

I use this fonts for the production of magazines and advertisements on a
Laserwriter or Linotronic.

Problem:
Only for Leningrad1 (Vilnys = bold Version) I have no other styles (bold, italic).
The exact version of an italic font is very different from the computer version. 
(automatically produced by angle)

I can not use postscript hints. Small sizes (like 8 point or less) are bolder on
a LaserWriter (300 dpi) as on Linotronic. Someone an idea to manage this?

I got a book in Moscow with the original USSR fonts and all their typefaces and
I have to say, that fonts (cyrillic) you can buy in the West are not exact
Russian fonts.

If someone is interested in this stuff, send me a mail.

Raimund Riem, ZFE2KOM33, Siemens AG, Munich, West - Germany
mail: @riem!ztivax
Private adress: R. Riem, Steinsdorfstrasse 6, D-8000 Muenchen 22
West Germany