Comment 3 for bug 613277

In our experience Cyrillic lowercase fonts tend to have the look and feel of Latin small capitals - there is a rigidity and 'squareness' in many of the letterforms which doesn't always sit comfortably with the softer and more fluid shapes of Latin lowercase. This contrast is more apparent when 'square' characters such as длмнпцч are sitting alongside Latin аеорсуѕ which are also part of the Cyrillic alphabet. This textural contrast between the two scripts is something we don't particularly like, but in the majority of classical and contemporary fonts this is something which seems to be expected by most native speakers and has been accepted by our Russian consultants.