OK, you got me going. I'm an old printer and calligrapher at heart, as well as a Russophile. So here are some free cursive Russian fonts. There is another one floating around, supposed to be based on Pushkin's handwriting, so it's kinda old style, like how the Declaration of Independence was written.
Go to
http://www.prodtp.ru/modules.php?op=mod ... load&sid=2
The standard one that all schoolkids learn is Didactica, but you won't go wrong using Allegretto, Chopin or Zeferino as models, even tho they are definitely flowery (Think: engraved wedding invitations). Mini or Demian are more like normal handwriting, and Festus is really rough.
And, just so you can try them out easily, some Russian sentences containing all the letters of the alphabet, the equivalent of English Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. (what- you were expecting The quick brown fox???)
Экс граф? Плюш изъят. Бьём чуждый цен хвощ!
сорри, два предложения =:^(
Южно-эфиопский грач увёл мышь за хобот на съезд ящериц.
Съешь ещё этих мягких французских булок, да выпей же чаю.
(Note the second genitive in that last one.)
They sound just as weird in Russian as ours do.
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Originally Posted by chaika
OK, you got me going. I'm an old printer and calligrapher at heart, as well as a Russophile. So here are some free cursive Russian fonts. There is another one floating around, supposed to be based on Pushkin's handwriting, so it's kinda old style, like how the Declaration of Independence was written.
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