Cyrillic Cursive Fonts

[Conny Opitz]

Hi Spencer,

Some years ago I bought a font called propisi (propisi.tff) for not too
much money - it apparently was developed for Russian school kids (
http://www.fonts.com/font/paratype/propisi#product_top), and is a really
lovely handwriting font because it is not too "frilly".

That site sells the font for €19 - that sounds more than I remember paying,
but maybe it was. It's offered for $25 on
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/propisi/.

Quite a few other sites apparently offer the font free (conditionally?):

http://www.911fonts.com/font/download_Propisi_42715.htm
http://www.4shared.com/file/SrBupm2-/Propisi.html
http://www.free-fonts.com/font/propisi.html

Unfortunately, I don't remember where I downloaded it from, and I can't
comment on the security of the sites above, but once I had it was really
easy, and worked like a treat. The font downloads into a folder, which I
keep with all my installation files. You then just copy the .ttf file out
of that folder into the Windows fonts folder (Control Panel > Fonts - you
may have to select "Traditional view" if you don't see the Fonts folder
straight off). There has been no damage to my machine (perhaps it's worth
paying out to avoid what might come along with the free versions.)

In Word, the font comes up in the alphabetically correct place in the font
dropdown list, but the name appears as spaces, an o and two hard signs
(doesn't stop it from working fine). The only thing some may have
reservations about is that "o" always ties at the bottom with this font,
but I have found that that works ok for the initial stage - helps avoid
students' attempts at illegitimate letter combinations - you can always
point out later that sometimes o may be joined at the top.

Hope this helps.
Conny


On 27 January 2014 22:33, Emily Saunders <emilka at mac.com> wrote:

> I have been using primo fonts that I downloaded at this website:
> http://nekin.info/e24.htm
>
> What it took me waaay too long to figure out is that you download a Word
> template that has a macro embedded in it.  You type out what you want, then
> select the portion you wish to turn into cursive, go Tools > Macros > Run
> Macro > To Primo.  And voila! you have your прописи.  The macro fills in
> the connecting lines.  Without running the macro you have gobblegook (which
> confused me way longer than it should have).
>
> I cannot comment on the security of the site, but all google searches for
> прописи sent me there, and lots of Russian internet forums praised it
> highly, so...  I can't tell that it's harmed my machine any worse than it
> was before I started using it.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Emily Saunders
> blendedschools.net
>
> On Jan 27, 2014, at 1:22 PM, Spencer Robinson wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am trying to find a Cyrillic cursive font to use to help students read
> handwriting. Do you have any font recommendations and/or trustworthy
> internet sites where such fonts can be downloaded?
> >
> > Thank you so much,
> > Spencer Robinson
> >
> > --
> > S. Spencer Robinson
> >
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Conny Opitz
Russian and Slavonic Studies
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
Ireland

Email: opitzc at tcd.ie
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