... recommendations for monospaced block sans-serif typefaces with full cyrillic alphabet...?

Forestwind
12.Aug.2008 7.36am
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Hi all *wave*

Just poking around for a monospaced block sans-serif typeface that has full support for the cyrillic alphabet... Any suggestions or direction shoving would be deeply appreciated :)

Guy F



sii
12.Aug.2008 8.20am
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What do you mean by block sans-serif? And by full support of Cyrillic are you looking at extended Cyrillic or just the basic stuff for say Russian?


sii
12.Aug.2008 8.21am
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Duplicate


Forestwind
12.Aug.2008 8.37am
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Hi sii, thanks for the fast response!

By block sans-serif I was thinking of something akin to “Why Square” from Linotype (http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/why-square-lt/) - I couldn’t quite think of the best way to describe it!

I would need extended Cyrillic /ideally/ but I can live with just the basic alphabet

Thanks again :)


sii
12.Aug.2008 8.50am
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I think you’ll have a hard time finding a monospaced designs in that style, especially ones including Cyrillic. I can’t think that many people would consider making one. You might be better off finding a proportionally spaced font that allows modifications and adjusting the widths yourself. Come tho think of it, why do you need monospaced?


Florian Hardwig
12.Aug.2008 9.02am
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ParaType has a Bank Gothic with Cyrillic, among others.
CastleType made a version of Agency that (probably) has the language support you need.
F


Florian Hardwig
12.Aug.2008 9.04am
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Oops, forgot about the monospaced. Maybe because ‘Why Square’ isn’t monospaced either? Sorry.


dan_reynolds
12.Aug.2008 9.06am
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Both Why Square and Just Square (by the same designer) have Cyrillic versions available! Just follow these links and scroll down to the bottom of the pages to see them:

http://www.linotype.com/93624/whysquare-family.html
http://www.linotype.com/93671/justsquare-family.html


sii
12.Aug.2008 9.11am
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Dan, this doesn’t appear to be monospaced. The i and l don’t seem wide enough.


dan_reynolds
12.Aug.2008 9.28am
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No, they aren’t monospaced. But they are sort of like what Guy was looking for and with Cyrillic otherwise…


Forestwind
13.Aug.2008 3.56am
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Thank you for the great suggestions [and I think I can live without the monospacing] so will definitely try out Bank Gothic, Agency and the “Squares” but will have a good ol’ think before committing!

Really appreciate the help! :D