From 72dcdb7eca9fda2ed0ed669fec4554da019d5df9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Alessi Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:44:11 +0100 Subject: preparing 2.7 --- README.md | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8eb4c63..aa3ce25 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Old Standard License ------- +### Old Standard Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Alexey Kryukov (), without Reserved Font Names. @@ -12,6 +13,15 @@ Copyright (c) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 Robert Alessi Copyright (c) 2023 Antonis Tsolomitis (), without Reserved Font Names. +This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, +Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: + + +### Old Standard Math +Copyright (c) 2019-2023 Antonis Tsolomitis (). +This work is released under the GUST Font License -- see + for details. + Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert Alessi or Antonis Tsolomitis: @@ -21,10 +31,6 @@ Alessi or Antonis Tsolomitis: * comments, feature requests, bug reports: -This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, -Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at: - - History ------- This font is just the same as Alexey Kryukov's beautiful *Old @@ -37,11 +43,9 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections: century ago in fine books which used font faces very similar to *Old Standard*. Typical use cases of small capitals were headers, current headings and in some books proper names. -2. *For the time being*, a bold italic shape has been - auto-generated. Of course, auto-generating shapes is not a - satisfactory solution. However, it is better than using the font - loader to emulate bold shapes. A real bold italic shape is planned - in the versions of *Old Standard* to come. +2. A bold italic shape was first auto-generated in 2019. Of course, + auto-generating shapes was not a satisfactory solution. Since then, + the characters have been reworked manually. 3. The letter G with caron above, that is: Ǧ (`U+01E6`, uppercase) and ǧ (`U+01E7`, lowercase) has been added. It is the only character missing from *Old Standard* that is needed in some of the accepted @@ -53,6 +57,21 @@ Standard*, it includes new letters and some corrections: with the previous release of *Old Standard*. However, it failed if the beta is preceded by a vowel with an acute accent taken from the *Greek extended* Unicode block. +5. Open theta has been replaced with closed theta in slot 03B8 and + rules ss05 and ss06 have been adjusted accordingly. +6. **Oldstyle numerals**: These have been designed by Antonis + Tsolomitis for regular and bold series and can be selected by + `RawFeature=onum`. +7. **Math Font**: This is a major and long-awaited enhancement + to Old Standard. The math font has been designed by Antonis + Tsolomitis from an old French book published by Gauthier-Villars + that used a font similar to Old Standard for Greek and a Bodoni font + for Latin. As both Bodoni and Old Standard were “romantic” + faces, it is hoped that they match up nicely, even if this remains + to be proven...
+ Two integrals are provided: a romantic one, which is selected by + default, and an upright version, which can be selected with + `StylisticSet=2`. ### Why a new release of *Old Standard*? At the time of writing, *Old Standard* was last updated six years -- cgit v1.2.3