If for any reason you must write in Russian, Ukrainian or other Cyrillic language, you probably know already how difficult it is to find decent fonts for a reasonable price. Despair no more : here is a disk full of very nice Cyrillic fonts, patiently crafted to suit all of your needs.
First of all, several layouts are part of the Cyrillic font pack.
For regular Russian-only typists, we developed the "Shaddock" layout. Every Cyrillic character was placed under the keys closest phonetically. A, B, and so on, plus of course a few extra keys, to accommodate the over 40 usual symbols necessitated by the language. We through in common Slavonic letters, as well, in case you needed them. This layout has been developed according to the specifications of the Slavic Teachers Association, and also inspired by the Moscow Macintosh layout recommendation. It works great with any application and standard keyboard.
If you need to frequently mix Russian and any other language (usually American), alternate layouts are available. On the PC, the "Volga" layout has been developed upon the CP1251 recommandation by the author of a remarkable word processor of the same name, Bill Tavolga. At a flip of a key, you will then be able to switch back and forth between the Russian and Latin character sets.
For the Macintosh, we provide a special driver which allows the same feature through the CYRILSCII encoding. This encoding, currently used by some of the most prominent Russian fonts designer, is kind of a standard norm among Macintosh users.
If you already use Volga on the PC or Strogijfont on the Mac, you can go right on and add the proper fonts to your system. They will work exactly as the original ones. BUT THEY HAVE EXCLUSIVE ADDITIONAL FEATURES.
Match Software specializes in solving foreign language needs. It means we are more aware than other software houses of the accents problem. Of course, CYRILSCII and Volga layouts help in mixing Russian and American. But what if you need to enter languages that require accented characters ? All our CYRILSCII an Volga layouts support accents, through a unique and very simple "accent key" feature, analogous to the way typewriters treat circumflex. You will be able to enter very easily French, Spanish, Italian, and so on, without tricky combinations, and without changing your habits. As a matter of fact, even if you do not need Russian, these fonts may help you entering any foreign language.
 
We create new fonts on a regular basis, and they are added to the Russian Pack disk. At the present time, here are some highlights :
- Shaddock Book : a very classical typeface, evocating somewhat Garamond or Times.
- Shaddock Book Hollow : Hollow characters, great for titles and artwork.
- Shaddock Serif : modern characters, not far from Arial, Chicago, Helvetica, etc.
- Bujardoff : Very exclusive, this font is based on ancient characters used by Michel's ancestors at the 1900 Paris World fair. They offer and unique and distinctive look, quite attractive and stylish.
- Katarina : You will not find this elsewhere. A RUSSIAN HANDWRITING "SCRIPT" font. Complete with all the characters, punctuation, looking very nicely like the calligraphy of the most sophisticated Russian ladies. You will love it, and use it to enhance your documents. See example above.
- Lunokhod : A very heavy typeface, great for headlines and posters. It remains readable even at large distances, making it perfect for glass windows and promotional purposes.
Every font is provided in two layouts ; Shaddock and CYRILSCII for Mac, Shaddock and Volga for the PC. TrueType of PostScript Type 1.
For $20 only, you will get the best in Cyrillic fonts. And, if you order the Cyrillic font pack with the 50 fonts pack, you can get it for only $10 !
