----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Elsworth" <[log in to unmask]>


> I have German (Standard) and Russian (Cyrillic) character sets
> installed on my system and have them mapped to my keyboard (IBM 101
> type).
>
> When I use notepad, wordpad or Word 97 I have no problem switching
> between the character sets (English, German, Russian) and typing the
> appropriate text in the language I wish to use.
>
> I use ICQ to contact various friends from around the world ...
> primarily most of the written communications on ICQ has been done in
> English.  I decided I'd like to use the two other languages on ICQ.
> I can use the German character set without any problem, but the
> Russian character set when selected just results in essentially
> gibberish characters.  Does anyone have any idea what I might do to
> correct this problem?  Does anyone know of any settings that may need
> to be set for this to work properly?
>

Problem is that English and German both uses Western encoding, when Russian
is Cyrillic.  See instructions at
http://www.qsl.net/kd4whz/russian/icq.html

But I must add some words. Instructions are only for MS Win standard
Cyrillic encoding.
Russians often uses KOI-8 encoding so You need additional KOI-8 fonts.
Search the web ,
there is basic KOI-8 freeware fonts available.

Toomas

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