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From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (---)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: TeX fonts for Serbian/Yugoslavian text
Keywords: Metafont?, fonts, Serbian
Message-ID: <5267@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 21 Mar 90 20:10:29 GMT
References: <3512@iitmax.IIT.EDU>
Organization: Pitzer College, Claremont, CA 91711
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In article <3512@iitmax.IIT.EDU> pred@iitmax.IIT.EDU (Predrag S. Bundalo) writes:
>	I'm looking for font files for Serbian/Yugoslavian
>	characters (you know, the ones that look like the
>	cryptic soviet characters) for SBTeX.  I was wondering
>	if someone has already written/created them and could
>	possibly point me to them.

>	If not, then can someone point me to the documentation
>	that would explain how I would go about the task
>	of creating them myself?

First some generaly comments for the uneducated masses who don't know
better:
  Serbian is written with a version of the Cyrillic alphabet. There are
  a few "extra" letters used (and possibly also omits some of the Russian
  letters). 
With this knowledge, the next step is to get a suitable Cyrillic for TeX.
There are in fact two:
  One, is the old AMS Cyrillic typeface. This is the most common typeface
  for TeX, however it doesn't blend well with CM and is not available in
  MF format (it was created to work well with AM and made with the old MF).
  If you have it fine, but don't search it out because:
  The other is the new AMS Cyrillic typeface, also known as the University
  of Washington typeface. I believe this is what the AMS is selling now. Or,
  if you can generate the fonts yourself, the MF code is available from
  ymir.claremont.edu in [tex.babel.russian.fonts-uwash] (yes, I know the
  naming is horribly chauvinistic, but that's life. The software in
  the Hebrew directory can be used for Aramaic too.)
Input with both character sets is the same; one types in transliteration.
I believe there are a few oddities scattered about, but for the most
part, it's a logical system. I typed up some sample Serbian a couple
years ago and didn't have any great difficulties after the first paragraph
or so.
-dh
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