Am 2014-04-15 um 23:15 schrieb Joshua Krämer
The most used Soviet typeface is Literaturnaya. You can find it here for example:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/literaturnaya/
There is also a free digital version available. (I think you can find it on the CTAN). But all digital versions I know of are not really well-suited for body text (they are quite thin, obviously based on a display size of the original typeface).
A derived typeface which is a bit better for text is Quant Antiqua:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/quant-antiqua/
While Literaturnaya/Quant are surely the best matches for Soviet typography in general, they may not be the best match for Soviet modernism. Maybe Baltica could fit better:
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/paratype/baltica/
Generally, I suggest to search through the ParaType offerings. They have many nice typefaces, which are not expensive.
Thank you very much! On TeX-D-L Ulrich Dirr suggested Academy, Baltica, Literaturnaya, Journal/Sans or Ladoga, all from Paratype. Unfortunately Ladoga and Quant lack the Kyrgyz and Kasakh glyphs that I need. (They have special characters for „German umlaut sounds“ ü and ö, as well as ng). I don’t think Baltica is very legible, even if it fits the style. Literaturnaya seems a bit too light, but as „favourite text face of Soviet typography“ it surely fits the bill. I’ll probably go for Journal+Sans, but I didn’t scan the whole Paratype library yet. Greetlings, Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer)