Most modern computers come with Cyrillic fonts already installed, but to use this site you must download and install our free fonts because they include accented Russian vowels (for marking primary and secondary word stress) that are not included in standard fonts. Download a compressed font archive by clicking a link below. Your browser may ask where you want to save the archive. Select a convenient location on your computer, e.g. Desktop. Uncompress the archive and install the fonts. Then configure your browser to use them for the Unicode (UTF-8), Cyrillic and User Defined encodings. Step-by-step directions are below. See a note about Safari below.

The directions below were written for a few the browsers, they apply to other browsers as well, although the terminology may vary.

1. click this link to download and save the compressed Accented Cyrillic font archive; note where you save it, e.g. the Desktop
2. find the archive on your computer and double-click it to open the font file in Font Book
3. click Install Font in the Font Book window; you should now see Accented Cyrillic in the font list
4. tell your browser to use our font for the Unicode (UTF-8), Cyrillic, and User-Defined encodings (aka character sets or code pages):

   You may use our font with any browser for Mac OS X, but you will get better results with Firefox, Mozilla, or Opera and Camino. The reason for this is that our font includes accented vowels, which are not part of any standard encoding and can best be used with the User Defined encoding. The current version of Safari is the only Mac OS browser that does not support the User Defined encoding. With Safari, you won't see accented vowels in the Russian texts.

   • With Safari:
   1. Start Safari and click Preferences in the Safari menu
   2. Click Appearance, and under Defauls Encoding, select Cyrillic (Mac OS).
   3. Click the Select button for Standard font. Repeat for Unicode (UTF-8).
   4. In the Font window, select All Fonts, Accented Cyrillic, and an appropriate font size. As explained above, you may not see Russian accented vowels in our Web pages with this browser.
   5. Repeat for Unicode (UTF-8).
   • With Firefox:
   1. Click the Firefox menu, select Preferences, then Content, then click Advanced under Fonts & Colors.
   2. Select the User Defined encoding under "Fonts for:"
   3. Select Sertif under Proportional Font, and then Accented Cyrillic under Serif. Other font settings are not relevant.
      
   4. Repeat the two steps above for the Unicode (UTF-8) and Cyrillic encodings.
   • With Mozilla and Netscape Navigator:
   1. Click the Mozilla menu, select Preferences, then Appearance, then Fonts.
   2. The rest of the process is the same as for Firefox, above.