This article is translated to Serbo-Croatian language by Vera Djuraskovic from Webhostinggeeks.com.*
- Specify variant Mac OS encodings that use script codes other than 0. MacOS 10.0+ Framework. Uses script code 7, sm Cyrillic. k Text Encoding Mac Inuit.
- Looking for Cyrillic font? Visit Fonts2u and download free Cyrillic fonts for Windows or Macintosh.
- Free fonts listed below contain characters in the Cyrillic unicode ranges: 1,024 - 1,279, 1,280 - 1,327, 11,744 - 11,775, 42,560 - 42,655.
This page has been translated into Romanian. Alternate Romanian translation.
This page has been translated into Spanish. Alternate Spanish translation.
Mongolian Cyrillic uses the same alphabet as Russian, but with two extra characters, Өө and Үү. Unfortunately these are not included as options in any of the Cyrillic keyboard layouts included with OS X, so you need to use the Character Palette or install a custom layout. Typing Russian when system tune-up cannot be done: at work or in a hotel's business center Windows or Mac computer. If you need to write in Russian, but you are not using your own PC, say you are in an Internet-cafe or in the library, where you can read Russian but can not write - cannot use Windows Control Panel to enable system keyboard tools for Russian, then it's still Ok, there is an easy.
Hungarian translation courtesy of Szabolcs Csintalan.
Russian translation courtesy of Sandi Wolfe. Another Russian translation at In Depth Guide.
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Cyrillic Fonts For Mac
Special Note for Mac OS 9 & X Users:
Mac 10 includes basic fonts and keyboards. For most users this is all that will be necessary. To engage the fonts and keyboards in system 10.* go to System Preferences and choose International. Choose Input Menu and you will see a long list of input options. In some cases you are provided the option of the typewriter layout of the language and a layout more user friendly to North Americans. For example, for Russian you may choose Russian which uses the typewriter layout found in Russia or Russian-Phonetic which uses the homophonic layout preferred by many Americans.
Setting up fonts and keyboard drivers for Macintosh
- Font Section. The font section organized primarily by codepage. Five separate codepages are listed plus a catch-all, sixth category. Within each listing, fonts are divided into True Type and Postscript. A few bitmapped fonts are listed either because they are quite common or offer unusual features.
- Keyboard Section. Keyboards are listed by codepage.
- Most of the links on this page are to compressed files. You will need a decompression utility such as Stuffit Expander to decompress them.
- Links to font archives.
Fonts
- Unicode
- TrueType
- Roman CyrillicStd. Unicode 5.1 font with almost 3500 characters. See Kodeks site for details.
- CampusRomanStd. Unicode 5.1 font with almost 3500 characters. See Kodeks site for details.
- TrueType
- Apple Standard Cyrillic
- TrueType
- ERArchitectMacintosh (77k). This is 'a fab scribbly font like architects use.'
- ERBukinishtMacintosh (270k). This is a serif font (true itl/bld).
- ERKurierMacintosh (299k). This is fixed-width Courier-like font (true itl/bld).
- ERUniversMacintosh (230k). This is a sans-serif font (true itl/bld).
- The ER series of fonts can be used for typing Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- PostScript
- TrueType
- KOI-7
- TrueType
- PostScript
- Bitmapped
- KOI-8
- TrueType
- ERArchitectKOI8 (70k). This is 'a fab scribbly font like architects use.'
- ERBukinistKOI8 (237k). This is a serif font (true itl/bld).
- ERKurierKOI8 (262k). This is fixed-width Courier-like font (true itl/bld).
- ERUniversKOI8 (208k). This is a sans-serif font (true itl/bld).
- The ER series of fonts can be used for typing Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- PostScript
- Bitmapped
- KOI8 (42k) This is a package containing two Ukrainian fonts.
- TrueType
- cp1251
- TrueType
- ERArchitect1251 (77k). This is 'a fab scribbly font like architects use.'
- ERBukinist1251 (263k). This is a serif font (true itl/bld).
- ERKurier1251 (300k). This is fixed-width Courier-like font (true itl/bld).
- ERUnivers1251 (224k). This is a sans-serif font (true itl/bld).
- The ER series of fonts can be used for typing Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- PostScript
- TrueType
- cp866
- TrueType
- ERArchitect866 (71k). This is 'a fab scribbly font like architects use.'
- ERBukinist866 (243k). This is a serif font (true itl/bld).
- ERKurier866 (256k). This is fixed-width Courier-like font (true itl/bld).
- ERUnivers866 (210k). This is a sans-serif font (true itl/bld).
- The ER series of fonts can be used for typing Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian.
- PostScript
- Bitmapped
- macalternativa. A bitmapped font for those who need to share files with DOS users.
- TrueType
- Old Church Slavonic Fonts
- Other Standards
- TrueType
- Cyril and Methodius (671k).
- PT Courier Cyrillic. Free download from ParaType. Both TrueType and PostScript.
- PT Courier Cyrillic Old Russian. Free download from ParaType. Both TrueType and PostScript.
- PT Courier WWW Pack. Free download from ParaType. Both TrueType and PostScript. (DOS, KOI8, CP1251, ISO8859-5 & other Win and Mac encodings)
- PostScript
- Bitmapped
- UkrASCII (42k). A package containing two bitmapped Ukrainian fonts.
- TrueType
Keyboard drivers
- Unicode
- ZM Translit Keyboards. An updated version of the Kyiv, Lviv and Poltava homophonic Ukrainian keyboard layouts.
- Keyboards by Matvey Palchuk. Layout is AATSEEL/QWERTY. (Link to information and instructions.)
- Apple Standard
- Mac OS X Transliterated Keyboard. See also the directions for installation.
- Russkaia-Apple Standard. A shareware keyboard by Matvey Palchuk. Layout is AATSEEL/QWERTY. (Link to information and instructions.)
- Mac OS X Transliterated US Keyboard for Russian. Provided by the Multimedia Learning Center, Northwestern University. (Link to information and instructions.)
- P II (106k). A homophonic/QWERTY keyboard layout.
- Kyiv (37k).
- Lviv (36k).
- Poltava
- Kyiv, Lviv and Poltava are homophonic/QWERTY type layouts, although there is some variation. See the page Ukrainianization of Macintosh for further details.
- KOI-8
- Russkaia-KOI8 A shareware keyboard by Matvey Palchuk. Layout is AATSEEL/QWERTY. (Link to information and instructions.)
- KyivKOI8 (37k).
- LvivKOI8 (37k).
- PoltavaKOI8 (37k).
- Kyiv, Lviv and Poltava are homophonic/QWERTY type layouts, although there is some variation. See the page Ukrainianization of Macintosh for further details.
- cp1251
- cp866
- CYRILSCII
Sites for Cyrillicizing Macintosh
Font Archives
- BRAMA. Provides Cyrillic fonts and keyboards plus detailed information on how to use them.
- FREELANG Font Center.
- Fonts in Cyberspace.
Commercial Sites
These links are provided purely for informational purposes. No endorsement or guarantee is made for any product.
- Smart Link Corporation. Offers numerous Cyrillic fonts for the Mac.
- Tilde.
Cyrillic Converters
- Convert Cyrillic.
- Декодер.
This page maintained by:
Andrew M. Drozd
University of Alabama
e-mail: adrozd@ua.edu