From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/87023 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: OT: looking for a "soviet" font Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 09:45:32 +0600 Message-ID: <1118C3D7-3479-4429-9BBB-1B0C1F83DBAF@fiee.net> References: <20140415191541.120c3b00@Klapprechner1.site> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.2 \(1874\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1397619972 12096 80.91.229.3 (16 Apr 2014 03:46:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 03:46:12 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Apr 16 05:46:08 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WaGnX-0002im-MX for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:46:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F27311023F for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:46:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id SVK90IkJrieW for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:46:06 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA54910249 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:46:01 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0EC0101E9 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:45:57 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id btlzJ0n4yyG8 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:45:47 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from filter4-til.mf.surf.net (filter4-til.mf.surf.net [194.171.167.220]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20323101E3 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:45:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from thesan.fiee.net (thesan.fiee.net [178.77.74.245]) by filter4-til.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id s3G3jau7003756 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2014 05:45:36 +0200 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=fiee.net; b=rT65p77NUrtK/BMbFAm9epq5IT4SLJEzKTuurK8gIlWnLC17KG7Aeafj34hdNFKW9P/Y43pDQgLyeMWQxeRmwtKhg7RUk7gXnIAGnZRlXAzIZTMqnbXUjAvVAcolNH23; h=Received:Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:References:To:X-Mailer; Original-Received: (qmail 15747 invoked from network); 16 Apr 2014 05:45:35 +0200 Original-Received: from 92-62-78-23.saimanet.kg (HELO ?192.168.0.100?) (92.62.78.23) by thesan.fiee.net with ESMTPSA (AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 16 Apr 2014 05:45:35 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20140415191541.120c3b00@Klapprechner1.site> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1874) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: ntg-context@ntg.nl, base:default, @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=178.77.74.245; country=DE; region=North Rhine-Westphalia; city=Host; latitude=51.6500; longitude=6.1833; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=51.6500,6.1833&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0VLOrJASS - 5f0bc07053b1 - 20140416 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 194.171.167.220 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:87023 Archived-At: Am 2014-04-15 um 23:15 schrieb Joshua Kr=E4mer : > The most used Soviet typeface is Literaturnaya. You can find it here > for example: > = > http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/literaturnaya/ > = > There is also a free digital version available. (I think you can find > it on the CTAN). But all digital versions I know of are not really > well-suited for body text (they are quite thin, obviously based on a > display size of the original typeface). > = > A derived typeface which is a bit better for text is Quant Antiqua: > = > http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/quant-antiqua/ > = > While Literaturnaya/Quant are surely the best matches for Soviet > typography in general, they may not be the best match for Soviet > modernism. Maybe Baltica could fit better: > = > http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/baltica/ > = > Generally, I suggest to search through the ParaType offerings. They > have many nice typefaces, which are not expensive. Thank you very much! On TeX-D-L Ulrich Dirr suggested Academy, Baltica, Literaturnaya, Journal/S= ans or Ladoga, all from Paratype. Unfortunately Ladoga and Quant lack the Kyrgyz and Kasakh glyphs that I nee= d. (They have special characters for =84German umlaut sounds=93 =FC and =F6= , as well as ng). I don=92t think Baltica is very legible, even if it fits the style. Literaturnaya seems a bit too light, but as =84favourite text face of Sovie= t typography=93 it surely fits the bill. I=92ll probably go for Journal+Sans, but I didn=92t scan the whole Paratype= library yet. 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