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authorRobert Alessi <alessi@robertalessi.net>2023-12-11 16:44:11 +0100
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3 3
4License 4License
5------- 5-------
6### Old Standard
6Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Alexey Kryukov (<amkryukov@gmail.com>), 7Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Alexey Kryukov (<amkryukov@gmail.com>),
7without Reserved Font Names. 8without Reserved Font Names.
8 9
@@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ Copyright (c) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Robert Alessi
12Copyright (c) 2023 Antonis Tsolomitis (<atsol@aegean.gr>), without 13Copyright (c) 2023 Antonis Tsolomitis (<atsol@aegean.gr>), without
13Reserved Font Names. 14Reserved Font Names.
14 15
16This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License,
17Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at:
18<http://scripts.sil.org/OFL>
19
20### Old Standard Math
21Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Antonis Tsolomitis (<atsol@aegean.gr>).
22This work is released under the GUST Font License -- see
23<http://tug.org/fonts/licenses/GUST-FONT-LICENSE.txt> for details.
24
15Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert 25Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert
16Alessi or Antonis Tsolomitis: 26Alessi or Antonis Tsolomitis:
17 27
@@ -21,10 +31,6 @@ Alessi or Antonis Tsolomitis:
21 * comments, feature requests, bug reports: <https://todo.sr.ht/~ralessi/oldstandard> 31 * comments, feature requests, bug reports: <https://todo.sr.ht/~ralessi/oldstandard>
22 32
23 33
24This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License,
25Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at:
26<http://scripts.sil.org/OFL>
27
28History 34History
29------- 35-------
30This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old 36This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old
@@ -37,11 +43,9 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections:
37 century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to 43 century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to
38 *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, 44 *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers,
39 current headings and in some books proper names. 45 current headings and in some books proper names.
402. *For the time being*, a bold italic shape has been 462. A bold italic shape was first auto-generated in 2019. Of course,
41 auto-generated. Of course, auto-generating shapes is not a 47 auto-generating shapes was not a satisfactory solution. Since then,
42 satisfactory solution. However, it is better than using the font 48 the characters have been reworked manually.
43 loader to emulate bold shapes. A real bold italic shape is planned
44 in the versions of *Old Standard* to come.
453. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and 493. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and
46 ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character 50 ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character
47 missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted 51 missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted
@@ -53,6 +57,21 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections:
53 with the previous release of *Old Standard*. However, it failed if 57 with the previous release of *Old Standard*. However, it failed if
54 the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the 58 the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the
55 *Greek extended* Unicode block. 59 *Greek extended* Unicode block.
605. Open theta has been replaced with closed theta in slot 03B8 and
61 rules ss05 and ss06 have been adjusted accordingly.
626. **Oldstyle numerals**: These have been designed by Antonis
63 Tsolomitis for regular and bold series and can be selected by
64 `RawFeature=onum`.
657. **Math Font**: This is a major and long-awaited enhancement
66 to Old Standard. The math font has been designed by Antonis
67 Tsolomitis from an old French book published by Gauthier-Villars
68 that used a font similar to Old Standard for Greek and a Bodoni font
69 for Latin. As both Bodoni and Old Standard were “romantic”
70 faces, it is hoped that they match up nicely, even if this remains
71 to be proven...<br/>
72 Two integrals are provided: a romantic one, which is selected by
73 default, and an upright version, which can be selected with
74 `StylisticSet=2`.
56 75
57### Why a new release of *Old Standard*? 76### Why a new release of *Old Standard*?
58At the time of writing, *Old Standard* was last updated six years 77At the time of writing, *Old Standard* was last updated six years