I have completed the Cyrillic set. The supported languages are as follows: Russian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Rusyn, Serbian, Macedonian, Moldovan, Montenegrin, Komi-Permiak, and Chuvash.
@elmoyenique: Thank you for your kind words and generous rating. I've been thinking about a Cyrillic set for Avensys Inline since 2024, but I always rejected the idea (until now). Because the lowercase letters were very challenging. However, by making the last upgrade for the Extended Latin set, I've learned new tricks and improved my design.
My Cyrillic set is focused on European languages for practical reasons. I don't support the Central-Asian alphabets from the former Soviet Union, as they are transitioning to the Latin script. I can't afford to support all minority languages in Russia, as there are so many of them (100+). Komi-Permyak and Chuvash were low-hanging fruits.
The reason I posted a screenshot of the character set was to record the current state and document all changes, large and small.
The first modification: I made the breve (for Ӑ, ӑ, Ӗ, ӗ, Й, й, Ў, ў, Ӂ, ӂ) smaller. It is very pretty now and on par with the other diacritics.
I don't suppose this font is complete. There are so many imperfections, letterforms to improve and iterate on, that will keep me busy in the future.
What is next? Subscript, superscript, fractions. Small caps, perhaps? Stylistic alternates?
The best way to observe this font is with PIXEL view.
@Dmitriy Sychiov (Sychoff): Thank you for your comment. You are right, of course. When I designed the Latin C, c, I didn't consider the Cyrillic letters. I should have made them more rounded. Anyway. I made the new Э and э derivatives of C and c, respectively.
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I have completed the Cyrillic set. The supported languages are as follows: Russian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Rusyn, Serbian, Macedonian, Moldovan, Montenegrin, Komi-Permiak, and Chuvash.
Excellent Cyrillic set, Maestro! (I kept a copy of your sample for myself).
@elmoyenique: Thank you for your kind words and generous rating. I've been thinking about a Cyrillic set for Avensys Inline since 2024, but I always rejected the idea (until now). Because the lowercase letters were very challenging. However, by making the last upgrade for the Extended Latin set, I've learned new tricks and improved my design.
My Cyrillic set is focused on European languages for practical reasons. I don't support the Central-Asian alphabets from the former Soviet Union, as they are transitioning to the Latin script. I can't afford to support all minority languages in Russia, as there are so many of them (100+). Komi-Permyak and Chuvash were low-hanging fruits.
The reason I posted a screenshot of the character set was to record the current state and document all changes, large and small.
The first modification: I made the breve (for Ӑ, ӑ, Ӗ, ӗ, Й, й, Ў, ў, Ӂ, ӂ) smaller. It is very pretty now and on par with the other diacritics.
I don't suppose this font is complete. There are so many imperfections, letterforms to improve and iterate on, that will keep me busy in the future.
What is next? Subscript, superscript, fractions. Small caps, perhaps? Stylistic alternates?
The best way to observe this font is with PIXEL view.
Extended Cyrillic Character Set
Language Characteristic Letters / Diacritics
Bulgarian —
Russian Ё Й
Belorusian І Ў
Ukrainian Ґ Є І Ï
Rusyn Ґ Є І Ї Ѣ
Moldovan Ä Ë Ö Ÿ Ӂ
Serbian Ћ Ђ Ј Љ Њ Џ
Macedonian È Ѓ Ј Ѕ Љ Њ Ќ Џ
Montenegrin Ћ Ђ Ј Љ Њ Џ Ć З́
Komi-Permyak І Ö
Chuvash Ă Ĕ Ç Ӳ
Kazakh Ғ Ө Ӊ Қ Ү Ұ Һ
Kirgiz Ө Ӊ
Tatar Ә Җ Ө Ӊ Ү Һ
Uzbek Ғ Ў Қ Ҳ
Dungan Ә Җ Ў Ӊ Ү
Cool. But not sure about Э. Why it different from С?
@Dmitriy Sychiov (Sychoff): Thank you for your comment. You are right, of course. When I designed the Latin C, c, I didn't consider the Cyrillic letters. I should have made them more rounded. Anyway. I made the new Э and э derivatives of C and c, respectively.
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