Soviet typewriter font?

[Jack Franke]

Here is the typewriter font that you're looking for. Its called B52:

http://mskd.ru/fonts.php?all.4

Best,

Jack

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Jack Franke, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, European & Latin American School, DLIFLC
Professor of Russian




On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Richard Robin <rrobin at gwu.edu> wrote:

> Hi, all,
>
> Can anyone point me in the right direction to a Soviet typewriter font? By
> that I mean the oversize "bulky" fonts typical of Soviet typewriters as
> opposed to the cleaner and smaller Cyrillic fonts found on typewriters
> manufactured in the West (e.g. Olivetti, Remington). From the best that I
> can measure, the font is question was 12 points, maybe 13, and 9 pitch (9
> characters to the inch). I can find plenty of Western typewriter fonts that
> contain Cyrillic, but none that imitate a Soviet typewriter. A font that,
> in
> addition, looks smudgy would be ideal.
>
> Any clues would be appreciated.
>
> -Rich Robin
>
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> The George Washington University
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