pgd@bbt.se (P.Garbha) (05/24/90)
In article <810@kluge.fiu.edu> ibarrac@fiu.edu (Carlos Ibarra) writes: > >Does anyone know where I can get Hebrew and Russian Postscript fonts, >preferably PD? Maybe an FTP site? > > >------------------------------------- >Carlos Ibarra (ibarrac@fiu.edu) We were faced with the same problem, and this is what we figured out: Flowstream have different versions of UGLY Cyrillic fonts. Linotype has planned making Cyrillic fonts, but it is very far away in the future in their scedule. Bitstream does not even want to answer if they have fonts or not. They just say something like "we don't sell fonts to end users". That when phoning their advertised number. Our conclusion: You have to make your own, if you want nice ones. (Scanning in and outlining)
dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) (05/25/90)
In article <810@kluge.fiu.edu> ibarrac@fiu.edu (Carlos Ibarra) writes: > >Does anyone know where I can get Hebrew and Russian Postscript fonts, >preferably PD? Maybe an FTP site? >------------------------------------- >Carlos Ibarra (ibarrac@fiu.edu) There are some nice Hebrew fonts available. The only one I know by name is SuperHebrew which is the only digital Hebrew font that I know of with vocalization and the person I talked to claimed it had the Biblical accents as well, but I'm not convinced he knew what he was talking about on that point. Probably your best bet in locating fonts would be to call Adobe. (Although, since they read this group, they may have already sent you what they know.) And I'd say that if you want anything better than barely legible, you're going to have to pay... -dh --- Don Hosek "When I was younger, I would throw dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu spitballs at girls that I liked. Now, dhosek@ymir.bitnet I beg and plead for dates. Frankly, the uunet!jarthur!ymir old way was more satisfying."
woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) (05/26/90)
In article <1990May24.085502.5945@bbt.se>, pgd@bbt.se (P.Garbha) writes: > In article <810@kluge.fiu.edu> ibarrac@fiu.edu (Carlos Ibarra) writes: > > > >Does anyone know where I can get Hebrew and Russian Postscript fonts, > >preferably PD? Maybe an FTP site? > > > > > >------------------------------------- > >Carlos Ibarra (ibarrac@fiu.edu) > > We were faced with the same problem, and this is what we figured out: > Flowstream have different versions of UGLY Cyrillic fonts. Cassidy and Greene, I believe have a Cyrillic Family of fonts, or perhaps it is Century Software, I'm not sure. The simplest thing to do is to go to your local newstand, bookstore, or supermarket, and look at a copy of one of the many magazines such as Publish!. I believe that the last copy I saw of publish, had an add from a company that had some Cyrillic fonts. None of them are PD. Cheers Woody
pgd@bbt.se (P.Garbha) (05/27/90)
In article <1267@chinacat.Unicom.COM> woody@chinacat.Unicom.COM (Woody Baker @ Eagle Signal) writes: >In article <1990May24.085502.5945@bbt.se>, pgd@bbt.se (P.Garbha) writes: >Cassidy and Greene, I believe have a Cyrillic Family of fonts, >or perhaps it is Century Software, I'm not sure. The simplest thing to Flowstream, Fluent Fonts and Casady Ware, are all fonts the same fonts, as far as i understand. They are usable for simple purposes, but they are definitively far from the Adobe standard of fonts. For example, the serifs in their "Cyrillic" font, are like slab serifs, like on a typewriter. Maybe that is "Sovjet standard" what can i say? If you make your final run-out on a low-resolution laser printer, it might be allright. If you still are interested in "something", they have the following types of fonts: Glasnost Light (tm) -- Very modern Sans-serif, all strokes same thickness. Glasnost Demibold Glasnost Extrabold Murmansk (tm) -- Also sans serif, but with different width strokes Cyrillic (tm) - Very simple serif font. Cyrillic Bold Cyrillic Italic Cyrillic BoldItalic Odessa Script (tm) - A "script" type font. I just wonder how you can trademark the "Cyrillic" name?
wcs) (05/28/90)
It's been a while since I've seen them, but it's highly probable that the Hershey Fonts are still around for FTP (uunet? decwrl? simtel20?). These are a bunch of vector-defined fonts, so they're probably not too hard to turn into PS, and probably include Cyrillic. I think they came from the National Bureau of Standards or somewhere like that. -- # Bill Stewart AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs # Fax 949-4876. Sometimes found at Somerset 201-271-4712 # Netnews - 12 MB/day delivered right to your doorstep!