Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 13:48:49 +0300 From: Vladimir Kondratyev <vladimir@kondratyev.su> To: Vladimir Kondratyev <vladimir@kondratyev.su> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cyrillic font for xterm/urxvt Message-ID: <244bd2c5bd70021bd3674e45e3398feb@kondratyev.su> In-Reply-To: <f754a5b465dbe8d8fe02b89d28af607a@kondratyev.su> References: <20201119060502.GA12369@r314251-amd64> <ce08d15cc07277b950b65046ff64def1@kondratyev.su> <20201119102859.GA14905@r314251-amd64> <f754a5b465dbe8d8fe02b89d28af607a@kondratyev.su>
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On 2020-11-19 13:32, Vladimir Kondratyev wrote: > On 2020-11-19 13:28, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> El d=C3=ADa jueves, noviembre 19, 2020 a las 01:12:32p. m. +0300, Vlad= imir >> Kondratyev escribi=C3=B3: >>=20 >>> On 2020-11-19 09:05, Matthias Apitz wrote: >>> > Hello, >>> > >>> > I'm German and I study Russian language. I'm switching with a lot o= f >>> > xmodmap commands: >>> > >>> > $ cat Russian/.xmodmap-cyrillic >>> > keycode 0x40 =3D Mode_switch >>> > ! Russian (mapping attempts phonetic proximity) >>> > keysym a =3D a A Cyrillic_a Cyrillic_A >>> > keysym b =3D b B Cyrillic_be Cyrillic_BE >>> > keysym c =3D c C Cyrillic_che Cyrillic_CHE >>> > keysym d =3D d D Cyrillic_de Cyrillic_DE >>> > ... >>> > >>> > my German keyboard layout (QWERTZ) with the Win-key to get the Russ= ian >>> > UTF-8 chars, like =D0=B0=D0=B1=D1=81=D0=B4=D0=B5=D1=84=D0=B3 .... =D1= =8D=D1=82=D0=BE =D0=B2=D1=81=D1=91 =D1=85=D0=BE=D1=80=D0=BE=D1=88=D0=BE. = What I'd like to have is >>> > a font for urxvt where the glyphs are more similar to the normal >>> > Russian >>> > printing layout, for example where the Russian '=D1=82' looks more = like the >>> > Enlish 'm' >>> > Is this clear what I mean? Any ideas for a good font name? >>>=20 >>> It is not clear what you mean. '=D1=82' looks more like the English '= m' in >>> handwritten Russian, so you can choose any italic font. >>>=20 >>=20 >> I mean a font where the '=D1=82' looks like as in this: >> http://www.unixarea.de/cyrillic.jpg >> What would be an exact font name for urxvt -fn "xxxxx" ? >=20 > urxvt -fn "xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:pixelsize=3D24:style=3DOblique" >=20 Ouch. It is appeared that "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" do not have=20 Cyrillic glyphs. Sorry. But that does not matter. just run fc-list, find any font with=20 style:Italic, and than check it for Cyrillic glyphs presence. Most of webfont should be useable e.g. urxvt -fn "xft:Arial:pixelsize=3D24:style=3DItalic" >>=20 >> Thanks >>=20 >> matthias --=20 WBR Vladimir Kondratyev
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