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authorRobert Alessi <alessi@robertalessi.net>2019-07-25 07:36:13 +0200
committerRobert Alessi <alessi@robertalessi.net>2019-07-25 07:36:13 +0200
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some further corrections in the documentation
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at:
25History 25History
26------- 26-------
27This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old 27This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old
28Standard*.[^1] In comparison to *Old Standard*, it includes new 28Standard*.[^1] In comparison to the previous releases of *Old
29letters and some corrections: 29Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections:
30 30
311. Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three 311. Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three
32 styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, 32 styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals,
33 which are missing from *Old Standard*, were already in use a 33 which were missing from *Old Standard*, were already in use a
34 century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to 34 century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to
35 *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, 35 *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers,
36 current headings and in some books proper names. 36 current headings and in some books proper names.
diff --git a/about.html b/about.html
index fc6c4a8..730873d 100644
--- a/about.html
+++ b/about.html
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
11</ul> 11</ul>
12<p>This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" class="uri">http://scripts.sil.org/OFL</a></p> 12<p>This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: <a href="http://scripts.sil.org/OFL" class="uri">http://scripts.sil.org/OFL</a></p>
13<h2 id="history">History</h2> 13<h2 id="history">History</h2>
14<p>This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful <em>Old Standard</em>.<a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> In comparison to <em>Old Standard</em>, it includes new letters and some corrections:</p> 14<p>This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful <em>Old Standard</em>.<a href="#fn1" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref1"><sup>1</sup></a> In comparison to the previous releases of <em>Old Standard</em>, it includes new letters and some corrections:</p>
15<ol style="list-style-type: decimal"> 15<ol style="list-style-type: decimal">
16<li>Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, which are missing from <em>Old Standard</em>, were already in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to <em>Old Standard</em>. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.</li> 16<li>Small capitals for Roman, Greek and Cyrillic letters, in all three styles, Regular, Italic and Bold have been added. Small capitals, which were missing from <em>Old Standard</em>, were already in use a century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to <em>Old Standard</em>. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names.</li>
17<li>The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (<code>U+01E6</code>, uppercase) and ǧ (<code>U+01E7</code>, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from <em>Old Standard</em> that is needed in some of the accepted standards of romanization of classical Arabic.<a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> 17<li>The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (<code>U+01E6</code>, uppercase) and ǧ (<code>U+01E7</code>, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from <em>Old Standard</em> that is needed in some of the accepted standards of romanization of classical Arabic.<a href="#fn2" class="footnoteRef" id="fnref2"><sup>2</sup></a></li>
18<li>Additionally, this release corrects the <code>+ss06</code> feature provided by <em>Old Standard</em>. This feature is supposed to distinguish between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta (<code>U+03D0</code>) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases with the previous release of <em>Old Standard</em>. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the <em>Greek extended</em> Unicode block.</li> 18<li>Additionally, this release corrects the <code>+ss06</code> feature provided by <em>Old Standard</em>. This feature is supposed to distinguish between regular and ‘curled’ beta (β/ϐ) and to print ‘curled’ beta (<code>U+03D0</code>) in medial position. This feature worked in most cases with the previous release of <em>Old Standard</em>. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the <em>Greek extended</em> Unicode block.</li>
19</ol> 19</ol>
diff --git a/oldstandard.tex b/oldstandard.tex
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--- a/oldstandard.tex
+++ b/oldstandard.tex
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf}
100 {\textsc{Old Standard}\\ 100 {\textsc{Old Standard}\\
101 \Large 101 \Large
102 A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies\\ 102 A Unicode Font for Classical and Medieval Studies\\
103 \large Based on Alexey Kryukov's \emph{Old Standard}\\ 103 \large Based on Alexey Kryukov's original \emph{Old Standard}\\
104 \large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}} 104 \large v\pkgver -- \pkgdate}}
105 105
106\author{Robert Alessi \\ 106\author{Robert Alessi \\
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ BoldItalicFeatures={RawFeature={+embolden=2}}]{OldStandard-Regular.otf}
116 116
117\begin{abstract} 117\begin{abstract}
118 This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful \emph{Old 118 This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful \emph{Old
119 Standard}. In comparison to \emph{Old Standard}, it includes new 119 Standard}. In comparison to the previous releases of \emph{Old
120 letters and some corrections. 120 Standard}, it includes new letters and some corrections.
121\end{abstract} 121\end{abstract}
122 122
123\section{License} 123\section{License}
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ under the terms of the OFL license (see above,
157update dates back to Aug.\ 12, 2013. To be more precise, all of the 157update dates back to Aug.\ 12, 2013. To be more precise, all of the
158five \enquote*{commits} the writer was able to see were pushed on the 158five \enquote*{commits} the writer was able to see were pushed on the
159very same day. Since then, two \enquote*{pull requests} dating back to 159very same day. Since then, two \enquote*{pull requests} dating back to
1602017 have been remained unanswered. It is therefore to be feared that 1602017 remained unanswered. It is therefore to be feared that the
161the project has been abandoned. To date, this release of \emph{Old 161project has been abandoned. To date, this release of \emph{Old
162 Standard} has been published by Nikola Lečić and Bob Tennent and is 162 Standard} has been published by Nikola Lečić and Bob Tennent and is
163available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See 163available on CTAN and {\TeX}Live with a style file.\footnote{See
164 \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/oldstandard}} 164 \url{https://ctan.org/pkg/oldstandard}}