Fonts supporting the Cyrillic Script
Cyrillic is used to write a wide variety of languages, including Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Tatar, Kazakh, Tajik, Chechen, Bashkir, Dungan, Ossetian, Chukchi, Mari, Adyghe and Mongolian. Cyrillic was also used to write many other languages in the former Soviet Union that have switched to Latin since its dissolution, including Moldovan, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen and Crimean Tatar. Cyrillic originated as a variant of Glagolitic, a script developed by the Macedonian St Cyril (after whom Cyrillic is named), to spread Christian teachings to Southern Slavic speakers. Russian letterforms are generally taken to be the default in digital fonts, although writing traditions of Serbian, Bulgarian and Macedonian employ certain distinct letterforms, which can be controlled by the OpenType layout features in fonts.
Script Classification | Alphabet |
Letter Case | Upper and lower |
Commonly Used Quotation Marks | «...», „...“,“...”,‘...’ |
Numerals | Alphabetic numeral system [Rarely used, replaced by Hindu-Arabic numerals] |
Earliest Recorded Usage | c. 921 CE |
Used to Write | Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Tatar, Kazakh, Tajik, Chechen, Bashkir, Dungan, Ossetian, Chukchi, Mari, Adyghe, Mongolian, Moldovan, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Crimean Tatar, etc. |
Added to Unicode | Version 1.0 (1991) |
- Мюнхенштайн КрупнокегельныйMunchenstein Display31 styles
- Мюнхенштайн текстовыйMunchenstein Text14 styles
- Мюнхенштайн БрусковыйMunchenstein Slab2 styles
- Пинг РаундPing Round18 styles
- ПингPing18 styles
- Новембр БрусковыйNovember Slab18 styles
- Новембр Брусковый СжатыйNovember Slab Compressed18 styles
- Новембр Брусковый УзкийNovember Slab Condensed18 styles
- Новембр ТрафаретныйNovember Stencil36 styles
- ВиндWind4 styles
- Октобр СжатыйOctober Compressed18 styles
- НовембрNovember18 styles
- Октобр УзкийOctober Condensed18 styles
- ОктобрOctober18 styles
- МануManu16 styles
- Уильям КрупнокегельныйWilliam Display4 styles
- Уильям ПодзаголовочныйWilliam Subhead4 styles
- Новембр УзкийNovember Condensed18 styles