Of all the characters in the standard Cyrillic charset, my least favourite to design is №.
Me: Here it is. Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please. Me: Okay, here is the revised version. Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please. Me. Hmm, really? Okay. How's this? Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please. Me. Well, okay, but I'm really worrying that it's getting too narrow now. Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please.
Is that amazing book about arithmetic in Old Slavonic available for online research?
This is the famous Arithmetica by Leonty Magnitsky, published in Moscow in 1703 (2,400 copies were printed). It was used as the principal textbook on mathematics in Russia until the middle of the 18th century. Its facsimile edition of 1914 is available on-line for downloading (in DjView format). B.t.w., that book was written in Russian, but typeset in Old Slavonic poluustav.
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Photo by Adam Twardoch, 2007.
Photo by Adam Twardoch, 2007.
Those images look familiar ;-) I recall some French as well.
Photo by Adam Twardoch, 2007.
Me: Here it is.
Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please.
Me: Okay, here is the revised version.
Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please.
Me. Hmm, really? Okay. How's this?
Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please.
Me. Well, okay, but I'm really worrying that it's getting too narrow now.
Maxim: Make the N part narrower. Please.
This is the famous Arithmetica by Leonty Magnitsky, published in Moscow in 1703 (2,400 copies were printed). It was used as the principal textbook on mathematics in Russia until the middle of the 18th century. Its facsimile edition of 1914 is available on-line for downloading (in DjView format). B.t.w., that book was written in Russian, but typeset in Old Slavonic poluustav.