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Russian Cyrillic (Civil Script)
Russian orthography has been reformed officially and unofficially by changing the Russian alphabet and spelling rules over the course of the history of the Russian language.
About Russian Cyrillic (Civil Script)
Russian orthography has been reformed officially and unofficially by changing the Russian alphabet and spelling rules over the course of the history of the Russian language. Several important reforms happened in the 18th–20th centuries.
From the Wikipedia article “Reforms of Russian orthography”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Russian Cyrillic (Civil Script) in a book
Script faces belong on covers, titles and short accents. Avoid them for body text and never set them in all caps.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q2992110 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).