learn_russian | Вопрос про знаки ударения (Reply)

I have a question regarding accent marks in printed Russian. I know that no newspaper or novel (aside from those directed at learners) will be printed with accent marks on words, but dictionaries and textbooks for learning the Russian language will. Is there any way, or any font that anyone knows of, that will allow me to type out Russian with accents on words?

I've tried using accented Roman characters for the a, o, e, and у, but it's impossible to convincingly do so with я, ю, и, and ы (ё is a moot point, since it's always accented).

Anyone else encountered this problem and figured out a satisfactory answer, or know how I can get a font that has these Russian vowels with accent marks?

Also, I have a side question, regarding the usage of "быть" in the present tense (есмь, еси, есть, есмы, есте, суть); when exactly did these words get dropped from everyday use? Was it recent, or is it older than a hundred years in the making? Was there any sort of context for how these forms were dropped from formal language? Just curious.