# Cyrillic fonts for cell phones

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrillic-fonts-for-cell-phones/448039>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 4, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrillic-fonts-for-cell-phones/448039 "2008-05-04T20:16:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrillic-fonts-for-cell-phones/448039/1 "2008-05-04T20:16:23Z")

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My wife’s new cell phone does not seem to support cyrillic fonts. Does anyone know if there are downloadable add-ins that could help out?

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**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrillic-fonts-for-cell-phones/448039/2 "2008-05-04T22:27:00Z")

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[QUOTE=Neptunian Slug]  
My wife’s new cell phone does not seem to support cyrillic fonts. Does anyone know if there are downloadable add-ins that could help out?  
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They must exist, I know for a fact that most Russian cells support the cyrillic alphabet. Where to download probably depends on your provider and the producer of your wife’s phone.

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**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrillic-fonts-for-cell-phones/448039/3 "2008-05-04T23:04:10Z")

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If Mrs. Slug’s phone is based on Windows Mobile, you should be able to transfer a Cyrillic font from your PC to the phone via ActiveSync (or WMDC if you run Vista).

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**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cyrillic-fonts-for-cell-phones/448039/4 "2008-05-04T23:50:55Z")

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[QUOTE=3waygeek]  
If Mrs. Slug’s phone is based on Windows Mobile, you should be able to transfer a Cyrillic font from your PC to the phone via ActiveSync (or WMDC if you run Vista).  
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Mrs. Slugs phone is an LG Rumor. Sprint had no answer. To be honest, if I had thought about it this morning, I would have run down to a cell phone shop in the Russian neighborhood and asked. They would probably know.