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Date:      Thu, 19 Nov 2020 16:08:28 +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:  <9d924058703a7a823a00a873a5ad7f79@kondratyev.su>
In-Reply-To: <244bd2c5bd70021bd3674e45e3398feb@kondratyev.su>
References:  <20201119060502.GA12369@r314251-amd64> <ce08d15cc07277b950b65046ff64def1@kondratyev.su> <20201119102859.GA14905@r314251-amd64> <f754a5b465dbe8d8fe02b89d28af607a@kondratyev.su> <244bd2c5bd70021bd3674e45e3398feb@kondratyev.su>

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On 2020-11-19 13:48, Vladimir Kondratyev wrote:
> 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, Vla=
dimir
>>> 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 =
of
>>>> > 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 Rus=
sian
>>>> > 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'=20
>>>> 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
>=20
> Ouch. It is appeared that "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono" do not have
> Cyrillic glyphs.
> Sorry.
>=20
> 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.
>=20
>  urxvt -fn "xft:Arial:pixelsize=3D24:style=3DItalic"
>=20

After some checking, it appeared that very few of monospace fonts have=20
m-style '=D1=82'
Consolas is one of them (x11-fonts/webfonts with CLEARTYPE option=20
enabled)

urxvt -fn "xft:Consolas:pixelsize=3D24:style=3DItalic"

>=20
>>>=20
>>> Thanks
>>>=20
>>> 	matthias

--=20
WBR
Vladimir Kondratyev



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