Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 10:21:14 +0400
From: "Alexander I. Lebedev" <swan@mch4.chem.msu.su>
Message-Id: <200109070621.f876LE100933@mch4.chem.msu.su>
To: CyrTeX-en@vsu.ru
Subject: Re: looking for samples of italic cyrillic letterforms

Hi Barbara and Vladimir,

Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vsu.ru> wrote:

>Barbara,
>
>> one clarification:
>> 
>>     >   0453 -- gje (g with acute accent)
>> 
>>     seems it should look like g (0433) with acute accent. :)
>>     \'\cyrg
>> 
>> the new font that i'm looking at simply has the upright g obliqued,
>> with the accent; i have questioned that, but am looking for some
>> more expert knowledge than i have.  from your description here, i
>> gather that the usual sinuous russian italic g should get the accent,
>> rather than the oblique upright form.
>
>that's an interesting question. when i first wrote, i did not
>pay attention to this. from the logical point of view, italic gje
>should look like italic g with acute, like any other accented cyrillic
>letters. but in e.g. timesi.ttf from microsoft, gje looks like an
>oblique g with acute.
>
>i think that any form will be readable and understandable.
>maybe someone could clarify which form is preferrable?

Both gliphs are acceptable.  But the correct glyph for gje should correspond
to the g glyph in a font.  So, if you use oblique form for g, use should
use oblique form for gje, and if you use italic for g, use italic for dje.

The same is true for macedonian k with acute, but in this case the situation
is a little bit more complex as you should use the Russian k glyph, not the
English k glyph (as these glyphs in fonts very often have different shapes).

Best regards,
- Alexander