Most modern computers come with Cyrillic fonts already installed, although they may need to be activated. You may also download and install our free fonts. They can be used with Unicode, Windows Cyrillic 1251, and Apple Cyrillic applications. Another advantage of these fonts is that they include accented Russian vowels (for marking primary and secondary word stress).

1. Download a compressed font archive by clicking one of the links below. Your browser may ask where you want to save the archive; it may also offer to open the archive and will then ask where you want to save the font files. In either case, you should select a convenient location on your computer, e.g. C:\ in Windows or Desktop on a Macintosh. Do not use Desktop or My Documents in Windows.
• Windows: download Accented Cyrillic
• Macintosh: download Writer or Accented Cyrillic
2. If you saved the compressed downloaded archive, find the archive on your computer and double-click it, then follow the onscreen prompts to uncompress the archive. Select a convenient location for the uncompressed font files, e.g. C:\ in Windows or Desktop on a Macintosh. Do not use Desktop or My Documents in Windows.
3. Install the fonts:
• Windows: Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. Double-click Fonts. Click the File menu and use the Install New Font command to install your new fonts. You will be asked to navigate to the folder where your new fonts are stored. When the font names are displayed, click Select All, then click OK.
• Macintosh: Double-click the name of the font file. When FontBook opens, click Install Font.

Your World Wide Web browser will display Russian text in Russian if you install the appropriate font and tell the browser to use it. Most of our Web pages require a special font because they include Russian accented vowels.

Quick Instructions for Windows Internet Explorer 6

1. download and install Accented Cyrillic (see above)
2. click Tools, Internet Options, Fonts
3. under "Language script:" select User Defined
4. under "Web page font:" select Accented Cyrillic
5. click OK, then OK again to return to the browser's main window
6. click View, Document Encoding, User Defined (click More if the latter is not shown)

Quick Instructions for Windows Netscape Navigator 7

1. download and install Accented Cyrillic (see above)
2. click Edit, Preferences, Appearance, Fonts
3. under "Fonts for:" select User Defined
4. under "Proportional:" select Serif
5. under "Serif:" select Accented Cyrillic
6. under "Sans-serif:" select Accented Cyrillic
7. click OK to return to the browser's main window
8. click View, Character coding, User Defined (click More if the latter is not shown)

Quick Instructions for Windows Mozilla Firefox 1

1. download and install Accented Cyrillic (see above)
2. click Tools, Options, General, Fonts & Colors
3. under "Fonts for:" select User Defined
4. under "Proportional:" select Serif
5. under "Serif:" select Accented Cyrillic
6. under "Sans-serif:" select Accented Cyrillic
7. click OK, then again OK to return to the browser's main window
8. click View, Character Encoding, User Defined (click More if the latter is not shown)

1. download and install our font Writer or Accented Cyrillic (see above)
2. in Safari, click Safari, Preferences, Appearance, Select under Standard font, and select Writer and a reasonable font size; under Default Encoding select Cyrillic (Mac OS); close the Font and Appearance windows
3. in Mozilla or Netscape Navigator, click the browser system menu, Preferences, Appearance, Fonts; under "Fonts for" select User Defined; under Proportional, select Serif; under Serif, select Writer or Accented Cyrillic; select a reasonable font size; click OK
4. reload the Web page you're visiting and check the encoding on the browser's View menu; it should be Cyrillic (Mac OS) in Safari and User Defined in Mozilla and Netscape Navigator

You can thoroughly test your setup and see the entire character set by visiting this test page at Lexicon Bridge Publishers.