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Re: Books from the Soviet era

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Post by curiousDog » Mon, Feb 25, 2013, 5:42 AM UTC

Surio wrote: post #8

What a gem! What a discovery this site has been for me...... To the OP: You have my eternal thanks! They bring back mixed memories... The unblemished joy of returning back to childhood/youth and the absolute white-knuckle terror at the inability to solve many of the problems and getting reprimanded.... I am going to have sweet dreams and nightmares tonight - I am sure that would be possible, now that I have seen thes…

Ha! Looks like we had a similar childhood. Especially solving problems by I.E.Irodov. Thanks OP!

Re: Books from the Soviet era

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Post by Surio » Mon, Feb 25, 2013, 10:33 AM UTC

Anyone has any guesses what would be the equivalent font to be used today if typesetting books like this?

One guess would be Century Schoolbook which would be close to the original. Any others?

Re: Books from the Soviet era

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Post by zokier » Mon, Feb 25, 2013, 1:40 PM UTC

What's the copyright status of these books?

Re: Books from the Soviet era

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Post by alter8 » Tue, Feb 26, 2013, 2:53 PM UTC

alter8 wrote: post #6

This is the first time I see moderation adding to the title instead of subtracting or replacing it. But in the way it is titled now, they made it look like I meant to submit the latest post and haven't put the permalink by mistake.

I'm quite late for this, but anyway. To whoever has put the original title back, thank you.