GRAPHICS OF UKRAINIAN FONTS: THE PROBLEM OF USE ON GADGET’S DIGITAL PAGES

Abstract

The article briefly analyzes the situation with the possibilities of using the font "Ruthenia" in the digital space on the gadgets' electronic pages. Despite the digitization of graphic font forms developed for the Ukrainian language by national font designers according to the requirements for font typefaces (Regular, Bold, Italic), fonts with Ukrainian national characteristics impossible to use neither in the settings of operating systems nor in the content set on electronic pages. This problem needs to be solved with the participation of the Unicode Consortium by adding space to the standard character tables for certain fonts. The advantages of distributing Ukrainian textual content by social networks to convey information in fonts with Ukrainian character about Ukraine's true history and culture to the peoples of all countries of modern global civilization are indicated. What is important is that the styles of Ukrainian fonts are adapted not only for the Cyrillic alphabet but also for the Latin alphabet, which contributes to the active dissemination of the Ukrainian authors' translations into European languages. The purpose of the study was to analyse the situation with the introduction of fonts with national characteristics, such as Ruthenia, to specialists in various professional fields, the general public of educated people and, mainly, young people who have already fallen into the net of the digital world. Scientific novelty. The problem of involving and using fonts with a Ukrainian character is very relevant in terms of disseminating information about Ukraine's culture, social life, and science. The styles of graphic characters - letters that form words and information at once, at the first glance of the reader/user/viewer - allow to determine the affiliation to a some ecxact country. The article notes the continuity of the historical development of font signs, which have absorbed social changes over almost a millennium and a half of Ukraine's development. Сonclusion. Such baggage is a powerful basis for the invention of such graphic forms of font typefaces that can be used on electronic pages of digital technologies and are recognisable as Ukrainian fonts by their graphics. It is also important to include Ukrainian fonts in Windows, Android, IOS, and MacOS operating systems.