creating pdf files with Russian language texts

[jfirst at UMICH.EDU]

On a similar note, I've been looking for a text scanner (one that has
conversion to Word format) that will work with cyrillic fonts.  Does
anybody know where I might find such a thing?

Joshua First

--On Tuesday, September 16, 2003 5:44 PM -0400 David Powelstock
<pstock at brandeis.edu> wrote:

> I've also gotten BCL online to work with Cyrillic, converting from Word
> format to PDF.  It's a pretty nifty service!  However, I don't think that
> this would be very practical for someone wanting to go from the scanner to
> PDF.  (Am I wrong here?)
>
> Also, a warning for those looking for budget solutions: don't buy
> "easyPDF" from GoBCL (or any other "easy" PDF creator product), unless
> they can guarantee you that it does now do Cyrillic.  EasyPDF only costs
> $50, but I bought it, could not get it to work with Cyrillic, AND they
> would not refund my money, even though they advertised (at that time) its
> ability to do foreign langs.  (The program simply did not handle my
> embedded fonts correctly.)  They now post a demo download and a very
> stern warning about no refunds.  Maybe they've fixed the problem I
> encountered, maybe not, but the moral is: try before you buy!
>
> David Powelstock
> Asst. Prof. of Russian
> Brandeis University
> 781.736.3347
> powelstock at brandeis.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A. Denner [mailto:mdenner at STETSON.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 3:27 PM
> Subject: Re: creating pdf files with Russian language texts
>
> If you're just looking for conversion of text to Acrobat (.pdf) format,
> here's an expedient and, best of all, free way that has worked very well
> for me:
>
> I use GoBCL (www.gobcl.com). The service will convert any document from
> either .doc or .html format into PDF for free, up to a certain size (up to
> 500KB, which is a very large document, indeed). You need to sign up for
> the service - I've never been harassed by them with unwanted emails.
> Otherwise it's free. You just send the web page or Word document to them,
> and about 5 minutes later they send you a zipped .pdf document. I sent a
> few articles from gazeta.ru (the "for print" versions) and they seem to
> have worked perfectly. I've sent literally hundreds of articles, papers,
> etc., all of them in Russian, and I've never had encoding problems of any
> sort. I have no idea why it is free, but ???????? ???? ? ???? ?? ???????.
>
> I use their service most frequently to convert Word documents that I've
> inserted "nonstandard" diacritical marks (i.e., accent marks of Russian
> vowels) into .pdf format. It's the only way I'm aware of to author a
> document on the web that has, say, a list of Russian words with accents
> marked.
>
> Best,
> mad
>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><>
> Dr. Michael A. Denner
> Russian Studies Program
> Stetson University
> Campus Box 8361
> DeLand, FL 32724
> 386.822.7381 (department)
> 386.822.7265 (direct line)
> 386.822.7380 (fax)
> http://www.stetson.edu/~mdenner
> http://russianpoetry.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
> [mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Keefe, Leann
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:58 AM
> To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
> Subject: [SEELANGS] creating pdf files with Russian language texts
>
> I was wondering if anyone has experience creating pdf files using texts in
> cyrillic.  I want to create a pdf file of russian newspaper articles from
> the internet and it autimatically changes the encoding when I try to
> create it. I've read their materials on embedded fonts and it's all Greek
> to me. And is it possible to use the find feature with cyrillic?
>
> Thanks for any advice on this.
>
> Leann Keefe
> National Defense University
> keefel at ndu.edu
> (202)-685-2229
>
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