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From: hallett@mrsvr.UUCP (Jeff Hallett)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.lang.postscript,comp.text
Subject: Re: Cyrillic (russian) text
Summary: Adobe to the rescue
Keywords: cyrillic russian font sun sunview laser postscript
Message-ID: <850@mrsvr.UUCP>
Date: 4 Aug 89 14:23:01 GMT
References: <1010@simulina.se> <1041@jtsv16.UUCP>
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Organization: GE Medical, MR Center, Milwaukee
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In article <1041@jtsv16.UUCP>, henry@jtsv16.UUCP (Joe H. Pinski) writes:
> In article <1010@simulina.se> hk@simulina.se (H}kan K{llberg) writes:
> >
> >I need to handel cyrillic texts, so I need a Postscript russian font.
> >I have an Apple Laser. Please give me a hint of public or commercial
> >ones. I also need font metric files so I can use troff/transcript.
> >
> I need the same.
> Thanks


To the best of my knowledge, Adobe has a cyrillic font.  If worse
comes to worse, I believe Fontographer can turn a bitmapped font into
a laser font.  Purchase a copy of Fontographer and transform one of
the PD Cyrillic fonts.  (BTW, Fontographer is cheaper than most
Adobe fonts).


-- 
                Jeffrey A. Hallett, PET Software Engineering
                    GE Medical Systems, W641, PO Box 414
                            Milwaukee, WI  53201
           (414) 548-5173 : EMAIL -  hallett@postron.gemed.ge.com