Web Browser Cyrillic

[James West]

The fonts available from the ELVIS server work well - I'm using them
currently with Quarterdeck Mosaic for Windows. They have three typefaces,
without bold or italic variants, but a browser will display them as bold
or italic in response to <B> or <I> commands in HTML. Another minor snag
with Mosaic (I don't know if this applies to Netscape, but it probably
does) is that you can't specify the KOI-8 Kurier font for pre-formatted
text, which requires a Courier typeface - Mosaic only allows you to
consider Courier fonts for this option, and you'll have to change the
spelling of the KOI-8 font! The ELVIS URL address (I don't remember
whether George Fowler posted this) is:

           http://www.elvis.msk.su/koi8install.html

Meanwhile, you'll find all the instruction you need - and another source
for downloaded fonts - at this address:

           http://www.nar.com/tag/koi8_explained.html

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JAMES WEST  University of Washington, Box 353580, Seattle, WA 98195
Tel: 206-543-4829 Fax: 206-543-6009 E-mail: jdwest at u.washington.edu

On Wed, 13 Sep 1995, David Powelstock wrote:

> Hi, everyone,
>
> I'm interested in finding out what is necessary to make my Web browser
> (Netscape for Windows) cyrillic-capable.  What software is necessary: is it
> an add-on for the browser, or something to do with the Windows code page?
> Whence can I download it?
>
> Any info in this regard would be most welcome.  You can answer directly to
> me (d-powelstock at uchicago.edu), or else to the list, since this info may
> well be of general interest.
>
> Thanks!
> David Powelstock
> Assistant Professor
> Slavic Languages & Literatures & the Humanities
> University of Chicago
> 1130 East 59th St
> Chicago, IL  60637
> (O) (312) 702-0035
> (Dpt) (312) 702-8033
>