RE: Handwritten cyrillic block letters

James Kass wrote:

> So displaying a cursive form of Д (U+0414 CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER DE)
> can only be accomplished with a font switch.

For reference, the following fonts on my Windows system¹ display pointy-topped Д and Л:
Century Gothic, Dehuti, Franklin Gothic (all weights), Gabriola, Garamond, Palatino Linotype, Segoe Print

Additionally, Ink Free and Mistral display a pointy Д but a conventional Л, while the cursive fonts Monotype Corsiva and Segoe Script display a pointy Л, plus a Д that looks like a Latin D.

None of these fonts has corresponding “normal” versions of the pointy letters, and for good reason: this is a font design issue, as James said.

This link may also be helpful:
https://www.unicode.org/standard/where/#Variant_Shapes

¹ To the extent it matters, at least one of the listed fonts is from a third party.

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