Russian fonts

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for "fake" Russian fonts--Russian fonts where you type in English, but instead of getting Latin letters, you get Cyrillic. So, for example, if I was able to type "Anna" in Latin characters in Photoshop, then select this "Russian" font, it would look like "Анна".

I'm sure there's a technical term for this, but I don't know what it is. I want a font like this so I can use it with Photoshop, which can't handle Unicode (at least not my version).

Edit: I'm not looking for a program or website that will transliterate Latin into Cyrillic; I can already type in Cyrillic. What I need is a LATIN font that just LOOKS like Cyrillic. Photoshop doesn't allow me to use actual Cyrillic, so I can't simply copy and paste Cyrillic into it (I'd get lots of "????").

Comments

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

maybe it will be helpful...

http://www.translit.ru/

[dr-zhivago.livejournal.com]

There's a good one called 'Soviet', which may/may not be what you're looking for (but I sure like it)

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

and this
http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?text=%2B%F0%F3%F1%F1%EA%E8%E5+%2B%F8%F0%E8%F4%F2%FB+%2B%E2+%2B%F4%EE%F2%EE%F8%EE%EF%E5&stype=www

[ars-longa.livejournal.com]

and there is a very useful program called Punto switcher - www.punto.ru/switcher. It recoznizes which language you're typing on and automatically switches to Russian or English. I just adore it. But it goes with a Russian keyboard, not instead of it.

[constpd.livejournal.com]

Not on the topic, actually, but on this part:
> Photoshop doesn't allow me to use actual Cyrillic, so I can't simply copy and paste Cyrillic into it (I'd get lots of "????").
I'd recommend an approach that sometimes works in this case. If you usually type Russian text in MS Word, try to copy-paste the Russian text into Notepad, and then from Notepad into Photoshop.
If you already use Notepad, try vice-versa - type the text only in Word and copy the text from there.
I'm a Photoshop user myself (not localized version!) and the situation depends on the fonts you use and, respectively, the clipboard format Photoshop expects.

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

No, that doesn't work. My version of Photoshop just really doesn't recognize Cyrillic characters, no matter what font I use (I was sure when I tried to choose a font that supports them). I tried copying from Notepad--got question marks. I tried copying from OpenOffice--got question marks. I tried typing the characters directly in Photoshop (like I did before)--got question marks.

I use Photoshop 5.0. Maybe your version of Photoshop is more recent?

[aciel.livejournal.com]

You could type in Cyrillic into Word or something, then press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. That takes a screen shot, which you can paste in Photoshop.

Of course, that prevents you from doing a lot of interesting things you might want to do with the fonts, but it's a good shortcut.

[lexabear.livejournal.com]

I have Photoshop 5.5 and am able to type in Cyrillic using the Pravda font and setting up my keyboard to switch to Cyrillic using instructions from this site (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/kbd_e.htm).

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

I already have my keyboard set uo to switch to Cyrillic; photoshop just doesn't recognize what I enter. Is Pravda the only font that you can use in Photoshop, or can you use other fonts that support Cyrillic characters as well?

[night-sun-dial.livejournal.com]

Try change the Codepage. The next way:
Press Start then Run. Write "regedit" and OK. Choose HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CURRENTCONTROLSET -> CONTROL -> NLS -> CODEPAGE Choose 1252 and press right mouse button. Choose Modify and change 1252 to 1251. Exit. Reboot your comp.

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

I'd really rather not make drastic changes to my system if I don't know how it will affect my other programs.

i can explain

[der-wolf.livejournal.com]

This setting will change the 'default' codepage for ansi characters from western-european (like umlauts in German, codepage 1252) to Russian characters (which are located at the same character numbers), codepage 1251.
It mean that when typing in simple programs like notepad and switching to Russian, it will show Russian chars on screen (if font supports it, of course). Photoshop in these terms acts like notepad: it just uses default system chars.
So switching this way to Russian will forbid non-English latin characters in that programs. Switching the key back will restore the situation.

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

This recommendation is correct, this is the only way to make Photoshop to recognize Cyrillics. This is what all Russian pro designers have to do if they want to use Photoshop. I have used the 5th version and the problem was the same. It has been solved completely by replacing 1252 by 1251. It is not drastic anyway, since you can always change it back.

[constpd.livejournal.com]

Yep, that worked from 7.0 :(

[morgenstern180.livejournal.com]

i've found some fonts like that one www.themeworld.com under 'symbol' fonts categories.

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

I just looked and I didn't see anything like that. Do you remember the name of the fonts?

[morgenstern180.livejournal.com]

oh, i see.. not 'symbol,' they're mostly under 'foreign characters.' i'd look in my fonts, but those are on my other computer... there are a couple on this page here:

http://www.themeworld.com/fonts/foreign1.shtml

[kutsuwamushi.livejournal.com]

Those were exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!

[morgenstern180.livejournal.com]

ah, good to hear. one of them is missing some characters, if i recall, but better than nothing (in programs you can't use real cyrillic characters in). =0)

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

> so I can't simply copy and paste Cyrillic into it (I'd get lots of "????").
Если у тебя вместо русских букв пишутся каракули, то запускаем реестр (Пуск-->выполнить-->regedit), меняем параметры в \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Nls\Codepage на:
1251 = CP_1251.HLS
1252 = CP_1251.HLS

also, see this ;))

http://maste.ru/photoshop/47.php - how I can write russian letters in Photoshop
http://www.yandex.ru/yandsearch?rpt=rad&text=%2B%F0%F3%F1%F1%EA%E8%E9+%2B%F8%F0%E8%F4%F2+%2B%E2+%2B%F4%EE%F2%EE%F8%EE%EF%E5

[-alex-dee-.livejournal.com]

ow, sorry
>Если у тебя вместо русских букв пишутся каракули, то запускаем реестр (Пуск-->выполнить-->regedit)
press start button in left corner, then run. write 'regedit' and OK.

[cema.livejournal.com]

When I used to use Photoshop (long ago), I was able to use a KOI-7 font without any changes to Photoshop and without any updates to the keyboard driver. In other words, only had to add the KOI-8 font to the list of fonts, which is an easy and straightforward procedure. Perhaps recent versions of Photoshop can do it better, I do not know.

Notice: KOI-7, not KOI-8. I am not sure where to get one of these, but it is possible.

An alternative is to use a KOI-8 font, which allows one to combine Latin and Cyrillic characters. These are available from various online sources for free. However, then you would need to have a keyboard switcher installed, with a proper keyboard configuration. One place to read up on this is http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/index_en.htm (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PaulGor/index_en.htm)

Good luck.