Need Cyrillic Fonts

25 Apr 2010 — 11:30am

I am new at this forum, so I’m not sure whether this is the right place to post these kind of questions, but I need a typeface for everyday use with Cyrillic letters. Being a poor student, I don’t think I can afford an expensive, professional one. Does anyone have an idea or two?

What I’m looking for is to begin with, a good all-round typeface, like Garamond but for Cyrillic. The only thing I have now is Times Cyrillic, which I find rather boring. But if anyone has great tips for sans serif fonts, I’d appreciate that as well. And, as previosly stated, I’d prefer free fonts if that is possible.

Thanks in advance!

Caspian Rehbinder

John Hudson
25 Apr 2010 — 11:51am

What operating system are you using?

Caspian Rehbinder
25 Apr 2010 — 12:14pm

Mac OS X (10.4.11).

Maxim Zhukov
25 Apr 2010 — 2:11pm

Dear Caspian,

You already have a number of Cyrillic and other non-Latin fonts that came with your system. They are listed here. Many fonts, including Cyrillic, come with the applications you install, Microsoft’s or Adobe’s.

Caspian Rehbinder
25 Apr 2010 — 2:52pm

Thera are a few, but after having checked which of the Apple fonts that come with cyrillic, I see that it is only sans serifs. Myriad, Charcoal, Helvetica and Geneva. And I’ve got Times. I would still need a good typeface for ordinary text. Someting like Garamond, Mrs. Eaves, or whatever. I could stick with Times, but that feels just… nah.

Maxim Zhukov
25 Apr 2010 — 2:56pm

What about Verdana? Georgia?

Michel Boyer
25 Apr 2010 — 3:12pm